thank you for your reply..

i will work Thing 2 up to hoppers, but since it was eating only 1 pinky mouse once a week.. i did not want to push it too fast with jumping up in size quickly..

i only handled Thing 2 today as it had flipped it's water over some how.. and i had to clean it up.. changed out to a heqvier bottomed water bowl now..

i normally do not handle my snakes for 2-3 days after feeding either, but this was an acception..

thank you,
Cilene