Reading a lot of forums, I would guess bps are not a very easy snake to keep, but reading the right forums, I know they are.
I am a bit pissed off by german herp forums, because most of the people here (germany) tend to keep bps (even hatchlings) in far too large vivs (sometimes even higher than wide, because "my snake loves to climb and is active all day".....) and then start to wonder why their ball wont eat.
I got into balls because of this forum and set my boys tub up, following the hints on this site, he is doing well, eating good and i am very pleased owning him.
But... I do not know how the situation would be, if i would not know your page.
To tell you the truth, my boa and my corn are by far easier homemates, who never refused a meal and stuff... If I would not have researched on this page, sometimes I would have had sleepless nights because of the ball.