Grats on your new snake and yeah they stand up a lot when eating. They do other weird stuff sometimes too lol. Rosey my big BCI girl likes to grab her rats as I hang them outside her cage door and wrap them up and hold them with her coil while dangling out of the cage almost to floor and then swallow them. kind of fun to watch but I always imagine if she looses grip with her tail, she is going to take a header right to floor while gluping her rat lol. And I too enjoy feeding day as its about the only time I see everyone out at once. Otherwise, I see Rosey all the time, Vicky has discovered her hides finally after almost 2 weeks and is having a ball sitting them with only her head poking out and about the only time I see Dottie is when shes hungry or I drag her out and make her sit on me