Glad it worked for you! I would guess she'll figure out how long it takes for it to kill it after a few times. As she moves up in sizes though, I would encourage you to consider giving frozen thawed or at least pre-killed to her in case she wraps badly even just once. There are too many horror stories for my comfort to take the risk of it isn't necessary (like it is for now with one of my ball pythons). It only takes one time for a bite to an eye to cause enough damage to be deadly.
She's a beautiful little noodle.
and I'm glad you did what you could to he gentle with the pinky as well. I was pretty confident it was for the mouse not the snake.
Your method is a little different than mine, but it's not important if it worked. I usually don't move it side to side, rather just pull further away in front of them so they need to come forward further. As long as you have strong interest in following a bit and the quicker tongue flicker, it usually works.
It definitely doesnt work for all snakes.. I have a young extremely skittish eastern chain kingsnake who will defensive strike nonstop if I even lift a hide to feed.. maybe 30 strikes later will she actually grab the prey (frozen ofc) and only when put right in front of her, otherwise she tries to flee out of the tub. She's close to 30 grams. What works for her is leaving her hides (terra cotta pot saucers) in place, and making a dip in the bedding and wiggling until she grabs it. She always pulls it straight under the hide to eat. It's pretty funny really.
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