Pet stores sell “pinks” which are frozen baby mice, as snake food. Why would I know this? Grandchildren.
There are a few things we can learn from the younger generation....:O) yukky things of course....:O)
That in a nutshell is why I haven’t owned any snakes.
After finding an Eastern Kingsnake in the backyard I was considering trying to tame the next wild juvenile we ran into, as more than one of my snake owning friends got their starts that way (one at the tender age of three!), but having kept rodents as pets, I just couldn’t do it.