Trans-pecos ratsnake care?

[Bogertophis]

Speaking of them "learning", when I first received the Trans Pecos hatchlings (they're now my 9 year old adults), I did something special for them before they
arrived, knowing that shipping can be unnerving. I cut up some cardboard shoe-box lids & turned them into miniature mazes, with about 3 little doorways out,
and lots of inner passageways. As hatchlings, they were kept temporarily in ventilated hard plastic "critter cottages" and these mazes were their hides. They
LOVED them...in & out they went, every which way, peeking out & then satisfied they could safely hide from me. Hatchlings aren't much bigger than a well-
started pencil, and it was a sad day when they outgrew these custom hides...watching their enjoyment was hilarious, but on to bigger cages & cage toys.

FYI: those hatchlings fed the next day after arrival for me (as soon as they were offered), and for the first 3 feedings, took live pinkie mice. The first was
taken in their hide boxes, but after that, they ate pinkies offered from tongs, about 4-5 days apart. As I said, after the first 3 pinkies, they switched without
question to f/t pinkies. If you don't have tongs (12" tweezers), get some.