So, I feed my female live mice (as that's all she will eat, trust me I've tried), and last week I bought 4 mice from this local pet store, if you can call it that. Anywho, I tried feeding her early in the morning and she wouldn't eat, so I decided to try later on that night. I keep the mice in 2 double stacked 5 gallon buckets "while they are waiting." I come back home later on that night to try and feed and notice that one of the mice is just plain old dead.

So, I try to feed the others and noticed that she was very interested and just wouldn't strike them. I have already had issues w/ returning things to this pet store (apparently EVERYTHING is 'all sales final'), and asked the lady if they return/exchange/refund anything w/ mice. She politely said no. When I told her that I myself had done absolutely nothing to these mice and the one was just dead when I came back, she told me and I quote "well maybe when the mouse saw the snake it could have had a heart attack and died." She said that with a straight face. IMO if such a thing can really happen, wouldn't the mouse have died fromshell shock" inside the tank, not in the bucket 3-4 hours later? I was just wondering if anyone here has a similar rediculous pet store owner excuse, or if this is even remotely possible. I personally believe that the pet store owner is completely full of poop.