Ok, well today was feeding day. I've got a new girl who's still feeling things out, and has refused to take a frozen rat to this point. Today I thought I'd try something different, so I went and bought her some live prey. I got the smallest small the pet store had, but it was still quite a bit larger than the frozen smalls I have. Well, she wasn't interested much at all. She sniffed around, and lost interest. After she made a couple adventurous attempts to leave her tub (and having to put the rat back in after escaping 3 times) I decided she'd had enough, so I put the lid back on and put her away.

So, now I've got a large-ish small rat and no place to keep him.

Well, I hadn't fed my smaller girl yet, so I thought, "what the heck, maybe she'll kill him so I won't have to. Got her tub out, dropped the rat in, literally the instant he hit the floor she struck. Clean hit, grabbed him right by the side of his head. 2 minutes later, after very little struggle, he was dead, and she was on her way to eating him. Let me just say WOW. There's nothing in the world like watching a snake eat prey that looks like it's way too big for them to get down. She took it down with ease, though, and seemed like she was looking for more! Well, I didn't oblige, I knew she'd had her fill, so I put the lid back on and put her away too.

So, let me just say, thank you Sugar for not making me kill that rat! lol