In general, I would try offering food with fewer "extra precautions" first. If he takes it, great! If not, you can always wait a day and then add darkness or whatever. But if he's willing to be an easy feeder I'd like to give him that chance and boas aren't generally reputed to be finicky eaters.
Prey should be warmed up to simulate body heat with any species, but the method of heating I think is up to you. I use hot water for mine and then dry the mouse/rat with a paper towel. Some people have claimed that using water reduces the scent which it may to some degree but I don't know how much and it hasn't been a problem for me so far. I guess I'd say the same thing here - go with whatever is most convenient for you first. If they don't appear to like it, wait a day and try again or try a different method.
Even if you find yourself initially needing to use less convenient methods I'd still try the easier ones again after they're more settled in, eventually it's nice to just have everything work smoothly and easily without extra steps involved.
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