Well,
I'm sure many have posted a thread like this. I'll set the stage for those unfamiliar with what my situation is.

Our 9 year old son wanted B-day present. He researched B/P's on his own, then started bothering us non stop. We were totally against it but he's had a great school year and competed well in wrestling and gymnastics. Did very well in school and he's an animal lover with a big heart.

I finally gave in and said maybe. Then I researched, got totally into it and we have a 10 month old female Royal.

Long story short she was fed live at the place we bought her. Last week I tried F/T and got a strike and then I lost the mouse from the tongs and she bailed on the attack and it was over.

1 week later and some counseling from Aaron The Serpent Merchant and,,,,,,


I went through his feeding F/T'd warmup process,,, BOOOM! Not only a strike, she devoured the damn thing. I just read the post of somebody asking if their snake looked fat and actually started to wonder if our girl could have had a 2nd mouse. I have the correct size BTW, but she had this thing down so fast I was wondering if I should have gone for 2.

It was our 1st time ever feeding her and her first F/T'd ever.

She drank water right after the meal and then settled back in. My wife is out on a girls retreat but the kids and I were thrilled.

I'm so stoked right now I wanna get a Red Tail and start tossing rabbits!!

Obviously it's not gonna happen but WOW!! This is a great feeling.

I hope people can forgive me for the over the top excitement, but 2 weeks ago I had little to no interest in snakes outside of the cool TV programs.

Cheers,

Gio