grrr..

[Elise.m]

What? No really, what? i think we were all talking about pinkies fuzzies and hoppers none of which are real vicious, and i think most would agree there is no danger in leaving a small non biting rodent with a snake for a few hours, or even over night! i would venture to say it is not uncommon to leave adult feeders with snakes for a couple of hours or even longer. i myself have balls that only eat in the middle of the night, and won't take pk or ft rodents so i leave live feeders in over night, although i don't recomend it.

It's generally not a good idea for any new keeper to leave a feeder in a tank with a snake overnight. If you're more experienced, then that's something that you can call on your own. But for someone who has had a snake for 3 weeks and it hasn't eaten, is clearly stressed, leaving a feeder in there will only stress him more.

As for crumpling the newspaper, don't make it into tight balls, just loosely crumble it.