Thank you for the welcome and info! I did read.. (unfortunately after the feeding that its not recommended to offer so soon, I did a lot of reading ahead of time and saw somewhere else they said its fine to offer it, but dont force it so I should have read into that more apparently) but either way I did at least wait until he had finished exploring and was curled up in one of his hides before I even attempted (that made me assume he had gotten fairly comfortable quickly) but luckily it all went well and he ate and diegested the mouse with no issues.. I have been doing the no handling so far, other than I took him out for a moment to clean his poop and put him right back... but no worries you are not making me feel bad any tips/info is appreciated it is my first snake period, other than when I was little and would catch a blue racer and keep it for an afternoon haha.