Quote Originally Posted by Anatopism View Post
My guess on 'intermediate' would be due to:

1) Size. To us they are manageable and still considered smaller than some other boas, burms, or retics.. but to the average person just getting into the hobby, or learning about snakes at all, a dumerils can be intimidating. They're still on the middle-to-larger end of the scale as far as many species most commonly kept in the hobby (e.g. Balls, corns, kingsakes, even some carpets that get long, but are not terribly heavy bodied)

2) some can be difficult to get started (I have also experienced this first hand)... possibly due to them being so shy, and not really liking an audience when eating. Our girl eats great, but she's also 9 years old, and gets fed a large/jumbo rat once every month to month and a half, otherwise she starts getting fat rolls.
Ahh good points.

And I experienced last night about the getting them started thing. I tried to give mine a f/t mouse, and she showed no interest. Better luck next week I guess. Is there anything specific I should do when feeding? My BP is picky about how she is fed; it has to be dark, and I have to leave the rat in her tub. I tried making it as dark as possible when feeding her last night, but to no success.