As some of you know (from reading this thread), I bought a baby BP on Friday, July 14. I waited one week and tried to feed him in a seperate container. No response. I waited a few more days and tried jiggling the mouse inside the cage. Nope. During the next week/week-and-a-half I tried two more times. Well.. my mom decided that we weren't going to be stuck with a snake that might not eat. So we called Petco up (yes, I bought him at Petco ), and they said that they'd exchange him for an eating BP. One week ago today is when we made the exchange. So... I repeated the procedure of no handling for a week. Well, just 45 minutes ago, I thawed out a mouse and proceded to lay down a paper towel in the cage to prevent him swallowing aspen and start jiggling a mouse. That got his attention. His head perks up from within his little coconut hide, and he starts to slither out of the hide, onto the paper towels. I jiggle the mouse a little more, then back off. A little later, I hear a WHAP!!! I look up immediately and see him strangling the mouse! YES!!! HE ATE!!! Lol. I was so excited. Here's a picture of him being a bad boy and dragging the mouse onto the aspen.