Well I think they're interesting anyway, here's the story: I have two '03 normals, a male from a RI breeder and a female from a OH breeder. The male was fed on live hoppers until he came to live with me. The female was fed FT small adult mice since hatching. Now I feed them both FT adult mice. I usually feed the male in a pail and the female is new so I'm feeding her in her cage until she is a little more acclimated (this worked with the male so no fussing! "If it aint broke don't fix it!". Both are great feeders. Anyway Friday I was being lazy and it was cold in the house so I let the male have his meal in house (yes I KNOW I'm NOT supposed to and WHY! I don't do it USUALLY!). He was resting in a tunnel I made for him out of a recycled sour cream container with his snout sticking out a little. I was fairly certain he was awake so I dropped the mouse about 5" in front of him. In a couple of minutes he came zooming out of the tunnel sniffing everywhere, flicking, and physically quivering but he couldn't find the mouse. He was looking in the complete wrong place so I drummed my fingers lightly on the front glass near where the mouse was laying. He came over and checked out my fingers but didn't strike and still couldn't find the mouse. He finally struck it when he hit it with his chin.He then constricted and had his meal. When I fed the female I did pretty much the same thing, I dropped a warm mouse a few inchs from where she was hiding. She came out and sniffed and flicked but no quivering. She also didn't seem to know where the mouse was for a few minutes. Finally she struck it but she didn't constrict (I've never seen her constrict) and then proceeded to gnaw on it for a few minutes until she located the aerodynamic end that would go down most easily. She does something funny that the male never does though; she forms a "C" with her coils and braces the back end of the mouse against them so she has something to push against as she swallows. Has anybody ever seen thier snake do something like that? I've noticed her strike is really wimpy compared to the male and I was thinking it is because she's never had live food, also I mentioned she doesn't constrict. Does anybody have any alternative explanations or ideas about this? Any similar experiences? I've also noticed the male squeezes bigger prey longer than smaller prey. Watching them makes me think P. regius, captive ones at least, rely mostly on scent and vibrations to find thier prey and not a whole lot on sight. What does everybody think?