I really get a kick out of Alice at feeding time. She shed this morning at 2AM and was overdue for a feeding since she was in shed. I got a couple of small rats out of the freezer and put them in the refrigerator to start thawing. After moving her into her feeding bin this afternoon, I presented her with her first small rat. She snatched it my fingers and threw a few coils over it to make sure it did not get away (????). As she is holding the rat in her jaws she lets out this nice long hiss. She almost always does this when she is fed. As I have stated before, Alice has never tried to bite me and I have had her since she was about 6 months old. I can only equate this hissing to her way of saying this is mine, now leave me alone to eat. On the second rat she just snatches it out of my fingers with any feedback.
She is curled up in one of her hides now digesting her dinner. Next week I will go back to feeding her the medium rats.