Some of you might know and/or remember me and my question about Artemis and feeding her live and my worries and my parents hang ups on feeding live at least until I can switch.

Well I have been giving it the valiant effort with the f/t, but she was having none of it. She shed this morning (beautiful one peice with eye caps attached and everything ) So today after being unable to get her to eat f/t for 2 weeks, I decided it was time to get over my squeamishness and ignore my parent's dirty looks and told them we MUST get a live mouse, she's only a juvenile, very young, I didn't want her to starve to death.

I'll admit I almost chickened out a couple times after watching the mouse meandering around in her tank for 20 minutes and her not showing any interest. I almost started to get attached So I went to sit at my computer desk across the room, so I could observe, but not see the teeny mousey paws and ears up close, lol. While I was watching, Artemis struck it and coiled, I hurried over with the camera, and was making sure the mouse wasn't putting up a fight, I watched her kill and eat it and I didn't feel NEARLY as upset about watching it as I could have sworn I would.

My parents on the other hand aren't speaking to me or Artemis now, hehe.... But Just thought I would let you guys know, I did man up and not let my snake starve to death for the convenience of my parents's timid hearts..... I DID have one, but I like seeing my baby eat better than I like the little mousey I have no attachment to.

Which is not to say I don't feel a little bad, I'm not a sociopath, I don't like seeing little critters get killed, but It didn't bring me bursting to tears like I feared it might. (I have owned pet mice before, that was why I was worried).

So now Artemis has shed, pooped, ate, and gotten mite free in my care, I think I can do this.

PS: She did have mites, but I got rid of them very easily.