[Loren]

My coast garter is a voracious eater too. I tossed a peach fuzzy at it the other day, it glanced off the hidebox, and I swear she(?) caught it before it hit the substrate.
I have read that many snake species have been discovered or susupected to have mildly venomous saliva.
I noticed a few years ago that live fence lizards seldom struggled much when my long nose snake would bite them. Always wondered if something in their saliva might stun prey as well.