Yeah. We hold them daily. They eat thawed frozen mice. These particular ones eat 1 each about every 3 weeks or so. Their needs are a heat source, like an undertank heater to keep warm, lights for a daylight cycle, clean fresh water daily. Now I had always heard they did not do well in sand, but the people we got them from have had them for several years and have had no issues. If is isn't broke, I am not fixing it!