I know most of you aren't bothered by your snakes eating live mice, and I'm typically not the person to really mind feeding live.
But I've never had to feed a live pinkie before, and I'm watching a friend's snake for him, he requested that they be fed live only, and holding the pinkie in my hand, and knowing it was absolutely helpless was just heartbreaking. I mean, at least adults have a chance to dodge, pinkie just lie there and take it because they can't run.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with feeding live pinkies, I just can't do it again.
Never again, I just can't.


Any advice? In case I have to do this again in the future, maybe some helpful things to keep in mind?
I told myself

"He's got to eat, too"
but still felt horrible afterwards.