That's a huge difference in size- no way he should have a hopper!But many store employees don't have actual experience to really "know" beyond what they're trained to say...sigh. And many times they have more knowledge than the new snake owners they're dealing with, but that's not saying much- it's just that it makes some of them overconfident in what they advise. I suppose we should be glad that they don't think (most) BPs should be eating pinkie mice?
That little guy has quite a stripe, btw. Pretty clutch-mate too.