So we fed all four of the ball pythons last night, my two Levi and Temptation, and my roommate's two, Orochimaru and Jiriyah or however you spell that last one. Temptation, Orochi and Jiriyah all took mice, and Levi got a small rat. Levi hit nice and clean, had the rat's jaws locked where it couldn't bite him. It kicked a lot,. though, and I was worried about him getting scratched, but he seems fine. After his usual theatrics of dragging it through the water dish, he ate and is now fat and happy.

Temptation, poor baby, has eyecaps from a bad shed, and it skiddish because he can't see right, and it was obvious he can't see well when we fed him. He struck at the wall of his tub, first... and then caught his mouse by the tip of the tail. It took quite an effort to hold his head under a cloth and try and pry the mouse away. He ripped the tip of it off and sat there chewing it until we dropped the mouse back in, and he got a good clean hit and ate quickly.

Orochimaru and Jiriyah both hit badly, and we were afraid of bites, but they both seem fine. After they killed their mice, both of them just kinda sat there for a while, trying to figure out how exactly to approach eating. But it worked out in the end.

It was so weird, though. Last week all of the hits were clean and eating went well. Ah well... I suppose it's bound to happen sometimes. Tomorrow, after the 48 hour digestive period has lapsed, I'm going to check them all for injuries, but I'm pretty sure they're fine, as the only blood that was spilled seemed to be from Temptation's mouse's tail.

I hope it goes better next week.