I agree with Si- I bought two and one ate mice immediately while one didn't- and died quickly. Funny thing was, he seemed not to be able to see frozen/thawed, only live moving fuzzies. When I'd drop a F & Th in, he could smell it and go nuts charging around his cage trying to find it until he literally ran his face into it. He'd instantly nail it and slam the dead mouse into walls, the cage top, branches and rocks until he was sure it was "stunned", then gulp it down. They don't constrict- they beat the prey into submission! Over his captive life, he ate (mostly) fuzzies, goldfish and anoles. In the desert where I live, frogs are not available or I'd have tried them too, just as a varient. Second thing- the backside of their teeth are microscopically serrated like a breadknife so even though they're small, you can get some impressive slashes. After 3 yrs, mine was cautiously handle-able but died at 4 of an undetected parasite- a danger with wild caughts. Being protected in the U.S, all that I found came from Central America. I'd really like to find another as handle-able as this one was.

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