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does anyone feel weird about feeding f/t ?

I get great enjoyment out of watching my snakes eat because it's such a weird, cool process. I mean, I don't know anyone *else* who unhinges their jaws! Who would think something *that big* could go in *there*! I admit it's still a miracle every time I watch it. (I am told I should be getting sick of it by now, but I guess I'm just easily impressed.) That's the Wonder Of Nature part for me. I don't think the prey being alive when I put it in the feeding bin would make it any more awesome, in truth.

Yeah, I just fed Whisper. I love feeding Whisper. As far as he's concerned, he has to suffocate the f/t hoppers anyway, so it's all the same to both of us!
 
wade said:
Jeffery Daumier had people in his freezer. That is definitely weirder than mice.
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Yes, but to tell the truth, I'd rather be more than just *slightly* less weird than Jeffrey Dahmer. Maybe on a Belle Gunness level, or something, but buried in the field is as far as I'm willing to go.
 
wade said:
Well it is an important distinction. You see SWMBO is a sadist. I am a masochist. That is why we have been married for 40 years.
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Wow, TMI!!! Now I have to go scrub my brain out with chlorox to get the image of you a in leather harness and ball gag out of my brain . . . argh! ~LOL~

Anyway. . . . I teach high school science and 2 of my corns live in the classroom. Every friday a different class gets to watch the snakes feed under the document camera (for those that don't know, think high-tech overhead machine that doesn't need transparencies).

I go through the whole process of thawing the mice and explaining the difference between feeding f/t vs live. Explain the whole jaw thing, digestion, etc. The kids LOVE it. For 10 minutes, you can hear a pin drop in my classroom. It is the only time they are EVER silent. Some even ask to film it with their camera phones so they can show it to their parents. Afterward, they always have lots of questions. Nope think it is "weird". They are a little grossed out at first because the mouse is dead and OMG, I am touching it, but then the fascination takes over. So, I like to think I am doing my part in helping train the younger generation to not think stuff like this is weird ;)
 
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