I was okay with feeding live. I just also happen to find rats rather adorable and have said that the F/T ones I feed off are cute. I guess I just have a lot of compassion for animals, which isn't a bad thing. But between feeding my snake and keeping alive a rat pup, I'd rather feed my snake.

Being constricted by a snake is probably still more humane than me trying to break its neck and just leaving it paralyzed and in pain instead of dead on accident. I considered doing it, but I know Aradia, even though this is the first time she's eaten live prey, has the instincts and drive to know how to do it properly.

If she gets stuck on live it isn't the end of the world, but she's still young enough to probably switch back over without much trouble. She certainly was ready to eat when I dropped in the pup, though.