First Fresh Kill experience (WARNING - graphic detail)

[Invictus]

So, in a further effort to get my stubborn Kenyan onto pre-killed food, I decided to try fresh killed. Bought a hopper mouse, brought the cute little thing home, and put it in a bag. Having just whacked a fuzzy (and almost crying, I might add), TheRedDragon wanted to give it a try, so she whacked this hopper mouse on the table. It was stunned but still twitching. Wanting to do the humane thing and make sure it died and didn't suffer, I took the bag and gave it a much harder whack, and, well.... SPLLLLLLAT! I totally whacked it too hard and its insides were all over the bag. I was hardly about to feed it to my snake at this point. So, from now on I'll let Dragon do the mouse whacking.

I also wanted to add that I really felt like crap because I really like mice. I know it's all about what's best for my snake, so I did it anyway.

I'd like to know other peoples' first experience with fresh killed prey. Did you also feel a sense of guilt over it? Did you make the mouse go splat like I did?