My male at its large mouse backwards today, but it was live bc he wont take FT and it struck the backside and i felt bad for it because i walked away came back and the snake had its legs all locked up pretty much and it couldnt bend to bite the snake (always a good thing on both counts) it was still squirming after about 5 minutes so i reached in and moved his tail end and shook the mouse a little then it was finally over. I really need to get him on FT.