Thanks a lot for the advice, I appreciate it. Despite usually waiting a good week for new snake to get used to it's enclosure before I start feeding, I decided to try feeding this guy after only one night in his quarantine cage simply because although he isn't very thin for snake standards, he IS thin for a blood, and he looked ready for a meal. So I plucked a rat pup from my breeder colony and decided to try feeding him live prey for his first meal with me because: a)I thought it would be a little more enticing to the blood, and b) because I didn't feel an unweaned rat pup could cause him any damage, and to my delight, the snake fed instantly, and began looking around for more. I held off on feeding him any more just to see how he'd do with that one, but without seeing how he processes it, I'd have to say that things look good for this guy. Although I've kept reptiles for a decade, and have experience with burms, retics, balls, and boas, this is my FIRST BLOOD, so (and I realize the name is probably allready played out in the blood scene) I've decided to name him RAMBO. Luckily he doesn't appear to have a matching attitude. Anyway, thanks again.

-Jeff
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1.0 8' albino burmese
1.0 14' normal burmese
1.0 4' normal retic
0.1 5' bcc
0.0.1 malaysian blood
0.0.1 nile monitor
3.0 cats
and a breeder rat colony

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