About 24 hours after we bought him home, Crash had his first meal. The pet shop had been feeding him 2 feeder mice every Wed. but I went ahead & got them a day early. Put him in his dining room, dropped the mouse in, and after about 2 minutes - WHAM! That mouse never even had a prayer and I think he knew it. I thought it would be a little disturbing watching a live kill but it didn't bother me as bad as I thought it would. The first one must've served as an appetizer because the second one didn't last a minute.
I asked the shop about feeding live mice, based on what I've read around here and in a snake book about the possibility of injury to the snake. They advised watching him from a discreet distance (he doesn't like being watched when he's eating) to ensure nothing ill befalls him. That's what they've been doing. Everything went fine last night. We'll just have to watch carefully, especially when he gets larger and eats larger prey.
Thanks again for all the help!
Melissa