As will all boas, I say go ahead and offer him a small meal. Reasoning, we find that if the snake eats, its comfortable in its new home and it will find a nice warm place to curl up. Never had a problem with this yet and 9/10 times, they eat an hour or 2 out of the shipping box, Zero regurges. As with any new ones, do give him a week or so of no handling. He needs to get used to his new home, theres plenty of time to hold him and fall in love later. You will find that they are nothing like balls, when you let them out to explore, they are EVERYWHERE!!!! Just make sure anything that can be dragged or knocked off is out of their reach!