Welcome to BPNet! Did the folks/store you got the snake from tell you whether it's been eating mice or rats? Pinky mice are, in my opinion, far too small for any normal sized BP so it may not even bother with them (too much work for too little return really). See what you can get either locally or online as far as appropriate sizes for mice and rats and also what the snake will take, then stick with it. BP's tend to be imprint feeders so some will not easily switch from mice to rats or back again and they do just fine on mice for their whole life. It's all about the volume of prey being right...either one rat or a couple of mice...no big difference in growth rates it seems.

Here's a top and side view of the newspaper trick. Just remember to remove the paper bit by bit, slowly over time so the snake can adjust.





BP's love their hides, the smaller, darker and tighter the better! Make sure your two hides are identical and easy to clean (they will use them as toilets).



If you don't already have an Acu-Rite, I'd suggest you get one. They run about $12.00 from WalMart (plus the cost of one AAA battery). A great and economical way of monitoring your snakes home. (note the leads for the Acu-Rite in the pic of the newspaper trick)