Thank you very much! There's a chance I'll get him tomorrow (bf surprised me by wanting to get him early), so your advice came just in time! I already have a stash of f/t rat pups that I could use right away, maybe giving two at the first feeding because they're small. (Obviously, I won't try to trick or force him into taking two, I'll offer them separately and see if he wants both. Like you, I'm thinking/hoping he'll have no problem with f/t rats if he's desperate enough for eggs.) I hadn't considered that he'd be digesting the shell, I guess I had the impression that he'd cough it up like regular egg-eating snakes do. Sounds like that would be wicked uncomfortable coming out at the other end, eesh.
One more question.. Do they bask at all or will the UTH be sufficient? I'm in LA so humidity is usually 50-70% naturally, which helps.
Will post pics when I get him!
Edit: Oh, and for what it's worth, I was a bit of a clean freak before I joined the mil, and basic definitely intensified that.. Keeping him clean, at least, will be no problem. Lol
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