Very cute little "beep"! It's pretty exciting when you get your first snake, but I would suggest that for "best results" you stop handling this snake now, & give him a chance to relax & "settle in" if you hope to have him eat this weekend. That's just my "voice of experience" lol. Snakes are pretty stoic- it takes a lot of practice & observation time to get a good sense of how they're actually feeling, but remember B.P.s are shy nocturnal ambush-hunters. And they sure don't understand where the world they previously knew & felt safe in just disappeared to- no matter how nicely you fix up their new home, most snakes keep looking for familiar territory for a while, & the stress can affect their appetite.
Many snakes (especially ball pythons) don't eat if they don't feel "safe". Also, remember that the only thing that picks up a snake in the natural world is a predator that's about to eat them- most snakes learn that we're "safe & harmless" but handling a new snake can be more overwhelming for them than you might think. I should also warn you, these thingsare habit-forming!
BTW, one thing that can help is knowing how a snake was kept prior to your acquisition- the size & type of enclosure he was in. If he was kept by a breeder, it was most likely in a fairly small tub, & many BPs seen to prefer (do best) when in similarly "cozy" accommodations, especially at first.
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