Elated new BP caregivers

[Eclectix]

Going to have to find someone who can show me that trick... 8P

When I was at the reptile shop the guy was feeding a baby ball python, and I noticed that one moment the mouse in his hand was alive and the next it was dead. He did it so fast that I didn't even see what he'd done. After my bad experiences with other methods I had to ask him if he could teach me how he did it. After showing me what to do, he gave me one so I could try it out with him watching to make sure I was doing it right. I was nervous at first that I wouldn't do it right and only hurt the mouse, but it was so easy. The mouse ended up as food for a carpet python. Now I have no problem killing them this way and they don't suffer at all.

Now my biggest problem is figuring out what to do if my python refuses a mouse. I hate wasting a life- any life. I don't really have anything else right now that would eat a dead mouse if my BP doesn't want it. Well, I guess that's not quite true; my chickens probably would eat it. They will eat pretty much anything. If I fell unconscious in their enclosure, they'd probably start to devour me within minutes.