[IGotTheCottons]

i've had good luck with mice... i usually just drop 'em in and they try to run away... haven't seen them go after jake really. and if one does i just hold it by it's tail until jake can snatch it away... he too is stupid when he eats though. he's tried eating mice sideways before, and often will eat them backwards. that's why i'm just going to start feeding him small rats. that way he has no choice but to take it head first.

as for keeping the mice alive... i shouldn't have to for much longer. i found a glass lid for an old candle that i use for a water dish, and i just put crackers and pretzel chunks into the cage for food. i think the female's pregnant though. she just lays around a lot now... and she seems to be putting on weight. oh well. jake has begun the shedding process. hopefully tomorrow he'll eat. i told my dad about possibly freezing them and he said i wasn't putting mice in the freezer. lol. i don't think i coulda done it anyway. i don't like the idea of killing things myself... i'd much rather the snake do it than me.