I got him a few days ago and he just had his first hopper tonight. It was a live one but I knocked him out really good before feeding.

This is the first time I've watched a snake eat in person. It was really cool but he seemed to struggle quite a bit. He spent like 15 minutes trying to eat it sideways. He finally managed to get it down though.

I'm excited about my first snake. Too bad his temps were so bad today. It got hot while I was at work and his cage was up to 105 on his basking side and about 92 on the other. Oops. I'll be upgrading to one of those thermostats from reptilebasics w/ some flexwatt soon. Can't wait to get it because keeping his temps steady is a real struggle.