Not that I am a rodent hater but I've had to feed live and when one of my snakes didn't want to eat I had to keep the mouse for a week. I kinda felt bad the for the little fella but he stunk so bad. The mouses pee and poop smelled nasty. And I cleaned his tub everyday and had a watering thing for him.but man mice stink. I hated feeding him to my snake but once he was gone it smelled a lot better haha