Quote Originally Posted by flynn View Post
Maybe its just me. I hope not. But thats pretty horrific. How did that feel for you? Because if it were me I would be pretty upset at myself for doing something like this. The mouse didnt calm down. He had his face crushed.

Even tho they are feeders they still deserve your respect; they are keeping your snake alive after all.

Maybe I'm just a big softy.

edit: I just wanted to add that in the past when I have had to feed live I just use a small peice of cardboard from the back of a note pad to seperate any kicking feet / teeth from the snake. Just have to hold it there for 30 seconds or so lol
Hi Flynn,
I have never worked with live feeders before so I was in a sense of panic when it appeared that my snakes were going to be injured. I think I may have described it a bit more dramatically than it was, but my full intention was to protect my snake. I think that learning ways to stop them from harming my animals without harming them is a good thing and I would love to hear about more ways to do this. As I said, it was my first time and I am imperfect in my knowledge of these matters. I think all animals deserve our respect, but my priority at that moment was protecting the animals that I love so dearly. The rodent was already suppressed by the snake at that time, so it’s likely that if I had done nothing, it would have been consumed without incident. – I think being compassionate is a very good thing.