[Cazador]

I think it's pretty easy to freeze small trout whole. Then I cut them into small chunks while they're frozen, using pruning shears, but a strong knife cuts through the frozen trout pretty well, too. Just watch your fingers. By cutting the fish when it's frozen, you never have to thaw more than you want to feed, but you might have to cut chunks in half (through the backbone) in order to make them bite-sized for the snakes. Just leave the bones in to provide calcium, unless there are sharp edges protruding. Then just cut off the sharp ends.