Unfortunatly I found this Forum a tad too late to take that advice of the 1 week period to acclimate the snake to its new home. However, after he took his mouse within 1 minute the first day, I figured he wouldn't have a problem. I let him be for almost 2 days after his first feeding, but have been handling him multiple times a day ever since. Tomorrow I guess I will see if it stresses him out, as tomorrow is feeding day . As far as handling goes, he is so calm as he always allows me to run my finger "pet" him on his head, and the only time i see him curled is when he's in his home. Other than that he seems very curious