Dogs and cats are great, but there is absolutely nothing interesting about watching them eat. But watching a snake devour a whole rodent that is exponentially wider than their head is a feat of nature I never get tired of witnessing.

On that note, I just had the easiest feeding session yet with my girl. I have had her for a month or so now, and her other 3 feeds were a process. She would stare at the mouse for a while, strike and miss a couple times, she would take too long and the mouse would cool off so she would start focussing on my nice warm fingers at the end of the tongs.... once she struck, coiled, and then crawled away, so I had to try it over again....

But today, no fuss. Held the mouse in front of her, immediate strike and grab, no questions asked. We finally have a smooth routine!

I have three mice left in the freezer and she is growing fast, so I think once she goes through these, I may just graduate her to small rats and hope she takes them no fuss. But we'll see.

Out of curiosity, where do you guys get your rodents? The mice I have I got for free from my fiancé's dad, who has a lot of corn snakes, but he breeds the mice himself and my ball will need rats soon. Any good online rodent breeders that don't make you buy 100 at a time? My freezer isn't that big, I don't think I could fit more than 20 at a time, 10 or so preferred.