Awwww she reminds me of all my little gals when they were babies!! Enjoy it while you can, they grow so fast. As for feeding, you shouldn't need to brain the rat. Boas have very good feeding responses. All my girls will eat in the middle of a hurricane and the minute they smell their rabbits and rats coming in, they both are out in force. Its about the only time I see them actually make an effort to move quick haha. Also some boas are just more "outgoing" and so like to come out and explore. My girls love to come out and sit on me but I would try and limit handling on your girl until she has taken a few meals. You can judge it and if on first feeding, she goes bananas and eats immediately, you are probably fine then. Just remember, you want to give them a couple days after eating to digest so no handling for 2 days. And lol you think it got uncomfortable after 10 mins on that worm, wait until that worms gets 6' and wants to ride on you and try and sit on your head, that's uncomfortable lol. Anyways grats on the worm and now you are hooked. Ill talk to you in a year or 2 and see a list of boas you got![]()