Last Tuesday I went by my local pet store to pick up my frozen rat for my boy, Monty. They told me they had frozens (as I'm accustomed to feeding him) however, when I got there they told me they made a mistake and didn't have any frozen rats but had live ones. Not knowing what to do and being a day late on Monty's feeding sched. I bought the live rat thinking I was going to have to somehow kill it. The guy @ the pet store told me to put it in the freezer but I thought that was horrible and that I'd be better off just giving it a few bops on the head however when I got home I couldn't muster up the gumption to do it so I fed it to him live. I supervised the entire time and luckily I did because the rat was trying to bite monty on the back but I was able to put my tongs in the rats mouth and pry his head away. Monty was fine and he ate the rat with no problem.

I suppose my questions are the following:

1.) Am I going to be able to switch back to frozens after feeding Monty a live rat?

2.) Could I keep going on feeding live (I have to be honest its a whole lot easier than having to defrost a huge rat and I've convinced myself that I could do it again even though I was tough)?

3.) Is something wrong with me because I was a little pumped after feeding Monty the live rat? (Keep in mind this was my first time feeding live and I wasn't excited that I the rat was dying it was just cool to see my typically docile snake become a predator; getting a glimpse into nature)

Thanks for your replies

Chris