I feel so bad when I mist Louie's house and I don't see his head poking out from his hide and I accidentally spray him a little and he ducks back inside quickly lol I'm like "sorry buddy!!" I feel like spraying isn't the best option it probably spooks em out and puts them off. I just rub his back by his tail to let him know I'm there then pick him up by his lower back so he doesn't get protective of his face. Louie's only half a year old and he's on small rats with fur and everything. I was surprised to find out that bps eat rats so young but he loves em! He's eating them at 35-42 grams a piece. I buy the rats frozen in a small amount from my local snake guy and so I weigh each rat out so he eats the smaller ones going on up to the larger ones. Its suuuuper important to get a scale! I have a 20 dollar food scale from walmart that works like a charm. I just put plastic wrap over it when I weigh the rats to keep it clean, not that I use the scale for any human food purposes at all, but the less rat germs on anything the better lol. Good luck friend!!!