Feeding Time

I fed a snake for the first time today. I went to the pet store. I did a normal thing - bought dog food - then I bought individually packaged, frozen mice. Eight frozen mice, so I don't have to do it again for eight more weeks. Then I brought them home and put all but one on the top shelf of my freezer. I chose the top shelf so that Christopher can't take them out and play with them or feed them to Alli. Then I filled a bowl with warm water, placed the baggie with the frozen mouse inside into the water, and set the time for fifteen minutes. When the timer went off I opened the bag, took out the defrosted mouse with tongs, tongs which will now only be used for snake feeding purposes ONLY!, opened the snake cage, and dropped the mouse in. I then stood there wondering what on earth I was thinking, bringing a snake in the house, and then wondering if it was safe to put the tongs in the dishwasher or not, and then putting them in before sterilizing my hands. I watched for a few minutes to see what the snake would do but he kept looking at me instead of finding the mouse so I don't want him to picture me when he smells future mice so I left him alone. The next time I looked in, the mouse was gone and the snake had buried himself underneath the wood chips. And so ends another chapter in my new snake owner book.