Awww.. im VERY against feeding live to snakes... I had to feed one of my lizards crickets, we put about half a dozen in her tank when we were going away for the weekend... we came back and the crickets had EATEN her... poor girl... And we had another one who was soooo fussy... and he would let the crickets climb him, and they bit his eye and we had to give him meds for it. stupid lizard. stupid crickets. SO- unfortunately, we DO know the effects of live feeding. And ESP with snakes, its MUCH worse... Can't wait to see pics of your lil guy hahaha