It is gruesome and thankfully this has happened few and far between. I do have a funny horror story. Prior to getting our critter cage....I went to the reptile store to pick up feeders. I probably had like 5 in the paper bag. Came home...fed one to one of my snakes and dropped the bag. The mice went scattering everywhere....(woohoo were free type of thing) I was needless to say :O:O. Thankfully no bad words came out of my mouth as I had about 5 kids with me. They all took off to catch the mice. In the end we got them all but oye.... Believe or not ....mice on the loose totally freak me out. I am such a girly girl when it comes to them....lol But yet...I have 4 snakes...I know...goofey huh :rolleyes: