OP, I'll be honest with you, I don't like to watch my snakes eat live. I'm a sucker for all animals, and I do go in against my feelings to watch them eat. Luckily, many of my snakes will take FT, but I that also does not me stop whatsoever from feeding them live.
I actually have a harder time gassing rats then watching snakes eat live. I don't know why that is, but it's true.
Somewhere, my fascination for snakes, the way they move, the way they watch us and watching them eat gets me over that initial gut wrenching when the rat get's wrapped. I simply love snakes and I enjoy seeing them live and thrive and watch them in their natural element. It's almost entrancing watching them eat, such a process, but I do not get any sort of pleasure from the intial kill.
It's just a part of life for me, and I imagine over the years I won't even bat an eye when feeding live.
