If you follow the above directions you should be fine. Please feed him in his enclosure. I just had a little not so fun time.With one of my six foot female boas. I was moving her to a different container, so that I could clean her cage. The problem is I had the feeding container in the snake room. I think it had just enough sent of rats to put her in feed mode. Well she turned it up a notch. Believe me its not fun when you just know you are going to get it bad. It worked out just fine, I avoided a bite this time. The point is it's best to feed them in there own enclosure. It's less stress on them and safer for you. Even if it is a small ball python.