thats good news. i am also new to the snake lovers club. Like you i did alot of re search on bp before i got one. But my first feeding experience, was not with a mouse, but with my hand. I was told to wait a week before i feed him, he will probobly be stressed, so i listened. I was handleing him on the 4th day that i had him, and he was fine, all curious and what not.

i was sitting on the couch, next to my dogs, and goliath (my bp) was sitting on my lap. i noticed that he put his head throug my legs, so i looked at him and it was cute. And right then, he struck and coiled around my han, and tried to eat me. lol, i knew it wasnt out of agression, because he was not hissing, coiled up, he just really thought i was food lol.

I made a mistake when he bit me, because i riped out like 3 of his teeth, so i got really worried. so i decided to feed him the next day, i was so neverous about it. i didnt know if he liked his enclosure, if the pulling out of his teeth really hurt him enough to stress and not eat. But as soon as i put that meduim rat in front of him, BOOM! my ie ate the hell out of that rat.

It gave me such a great feeling of sucess/release, because i knew he was happy, didnt mind being handled, his teeth were ok, ans that he just wasnt stressed. It just made me feel freakin great!


(sorry to hijack your thread a bit)