i swear i think crowley is a freak. only twice have i ever had to use 'tongs' to shake the animal around simply because he did not see it.

i have put warm nice mice in his tank, watched them get cold from disinterest and as soon as im looking for something to fish them out with to go re-warm BAM he see's it and goes kamakazie on the f/t.

i think i should really look into breeding his ugly butt simply because he has an insane feeding response. anything, dead or alive, still or moving- unless it is wet. he wont eat a wet anything.

and who says the snake has to see me to feed him? crowley HATES to be watched (he will take longer if we are moving about when he's getting ready to eat) but he has never struck out or acted 'rude' towards me- now once he bit tony but we'd had him for like, a week, he was going pink in the belly and it was right before feeding and tony grabbed him in front of his face right where he could see him instead of from behind. so. yeah.

you'd have to do a large scale test over several years to prove or disprove the change in a snake's nature due to the method of feeding by a human..