Thanks for the welcome and all the tips everyone. To follow up on some of the responses.

The Kritter Keeper I've got it in is 15" long x10" high x 8" deep. I have several branches at different levels and greenery. Plus there is a hide on the bottom. I had read that the ATB's will spend time on the ground, and this has proved true with mine.

Force feeding is definately out of the question right now. As you stated JLC, this is a very delicate snake. Unless I felt it was on the verge of death with no other options, I wouldn't even attempt this, especially at this point.


Green_man - as far as I know, he is captive bred. However, it is certainly possible that the pet store gave me bad information - you know how that can go. Like you said, I had read these guys are typically really good feeders, which is one reason why I am a bit more worried than maybe I should be at this point. I like the idea of trying snake and prey in a paper bag and may give that a try.

Evan - the snake did eat once, a fuzzy mouse. So that is encouraging to me. I've tried placing the mouse in front of the snake with tongs, even touching its snout.....it just acted like "What the h&*l are you doing?" LOL.

Thanks again to everyone for the advice!!