Food for a Snake

I had a customer come into the store today towards the end of my shift.
Looking for something to feed a snake (a hognose?) that had "come right up to him" and was "pregnant" and "very hungry." 

And it was interesting because like...in some ways it felt like the dude knew a ton about snakes.
On the other hand...he was really clueless about them.

In any case.
He was thinking he might need some feeder goldfish or something for the snake.
And like....I know that most snakes prefer to eat rodents and such. 

So I was trying to convince him that he probably would be best off feeding the snake our frozen mice.

The ones that are already dead and you thaw out/warm up to convince the snake to eat them. 
-Though honestly I don't know how well dead mice work on wild caught snakes. 

And after I mentioned that the guy would need to warm up the mouse for the snake. He was like "Will it come back to life then?" 

....Like.....No? A dead mouse is a dead mouse. 
Though I do wonder if he thought that maybe the mouse was in some sort of hibernative state being frozen? And that it would 'wake' back up once it was warmed up?
Like that's a logical step to make....though an odd one. One I haven't encountered before when talking to customers. 

And after some discussion the customer decided to try some small mice on the snake.
Though from the description of the snake with it being "5 feet long" I'm pretty sure it could have eaten a large mouse very easily. 

But without seeing the snake itself...it's hard to know for sure. Snakes can get long and stay skinny afterall...

In any case.
The customer decided that he wanted to try 'a couple' goldfish as well for the snake. Just in case.
Though in his definition a couple of goldfish meant a dozen small goldfish. 

Which when you're not sure if the snake will eat something...usually only trying one or two at a time would be recommended. 

But the dude was insistant that he wanted a dozen.

And he wanted them in our mini critter tote...
But in a bag in the mini critter tote he was also buying.

But not just in a bag to sit in the critter tote.
No the guy wanted the bag to be 'small' enough so that he could place the box of mice and the lid on top of the tote so it would close.

*shakes head*

That was...trialsome.
Because like we try and do 80% air 20% water when bagging fish to ensure that a) the fish can breathe and b) that the bag won't squish flat and squish the fish. 

It was like "I need less air"
But in order to get less air I needed to get less water.
"Don't poor out all the water!"
Wasn't gonna do that dude. Fish kinda need the water to live.

But yah. Hopefully the fish did alright in their journey to wherever the dude was taking them. 

Still.
It was an odd encounter....

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi