Our son's snake is an 06 male 66% het VPI Axanthic from 8Ball. I'd say Buddy definitely has a strong feeding response (drop in rat, draw fingers back fast if you'd like to continue to have all of them LOL). He's got a tendency to be a bit nervous at first when he's out and is a more cautious young snake but I don't know if that's anything to do with his genetics or just Buddy being Buddy. Once he gets over his inital reserve, he's a good snake to handle though.