I agree. I love feeding days for my snakes and geckos and I get a sense of pride, happiness and relief when they eat. I do get a feeling of dread when they skip a meal but the longer I have them in my care, the less it bothers me because I know that if I do my job correctly in caring for them, they will eat. And I too agree that it is very exciting to witness them eating. Seeing then strike and coil is awesome. I fed our new baby JCP last night for the first time. That was will just seeing her fly out and grab the mouse out of midair