Hahaha. Not to knock on the ppl who feed their snakes f/t or prekills, but I find alot of ppl pushing for that. More and more its becoming almost comical. Everyone has their preferences.

Another thing, you also proved another thing people call a myth on this forum. In the last week I was reading a thread and they said its a myth that feeding in the enclosure does not lead into more tagging; that the snakes know the difference. ::shakes head::

I do agree in feeding in the enclosure only when your snake refuses to eat. Otherwise, make a small setup for him to feed him in. This will prevent a lot of the "feed me seamor." Sounds like you almost got tagged.

You said it yourself the mouse was small. Sometimes the stores only have small ones and thats when its time to double up. Feed him two small mice and he should be fine. You should be feeding him weekly anyway. I know my friends snake would keep eating if he let them, sometimes when feeding in the enclosure you will run into that problem of the scent of the mouse staying around.