Hello everyone. My name is Michael and my wife's name is Jan. We are new to this site and new to BPs as well. We look forward to getting to know everyone here.

I have a food-related question about our 07 male. We feed him live mice once a week, and he's a great eater. I just wonder if he's getting enough food. When we put a mouse in his feeding box he seems to strike, coil and chokes it down as fast as he can. Most of the time he's in and out of his box in 5 minutes. Here's my question(s)... Should he be eating a certain portion of his own body weight? Should we feed him every 5 or 6 days, instead of 7? Is it time to upgrade him to small rats?

This is our first snake. We just want to do it right.

Thanks, Michael