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F/T vs Live
I kind of wanted to try feeding a live mouse next week, right now he is eating f/t. I thought it might be more stimulating for him to catch a live mouse and constrict it on his own. If he doesnt go for it then i could just go back to f/t, but if he likes it I'll probably just stick with live, seeing as at this point buying live feeder mice would actually be cheaper than buying f/t. Is it ok to switch to live from f/t as long as it is done safely?
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Re: F/T vs Live
Do whatever works for your snake and is convenient to you, just know that if you do switch back to live there is a possibility that your snake will never go back to F/T, so you need to make sure that this is really what you want.
As long as you feed responsibly live feeding can be done safely.
I feed over 100 live preys each month without any problems.
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Re: F/T vs Live
josh, where do you get your rodents from? I buy my live mice from Fairmount Aquarium for about $1.85. F/T from PETCO is roughly $1.60. So not to much of a difference. Just curious where you buy.
Mike
"Love Your Snake Like You'd Love The Mice You Are Feeding It, Wait Never mind, Just Love Your Snake"
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Re: F/T vs Live
I get rats for anything over 500g and theyre 3$ at fairmount. Every other week I get 2 mice for my 300gish snakes and thats even worse cause its then 4$ per snake... either way I spend 10-15$ a week on live and I can feed all my snakes for that price. I have an order for 120 rats coming in tomorrow from American Rodent and it was 160$ and that usually last about 4 months.
Mike - Not sure if you got your snake from fairmount but you might wanna have her popped/probed as they told me my snake was a female and its definitely a male.... just a heads up.
Last edited by JoshJP7; 04-29-2008 at 03:55 PM.
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Re: F/T vs Live
My local pet stores charge more for FT. I can usually get better FT deals from people online anyways. Nothing wrong with live, but be sure to have a vet you can take a yearly fecal sample to. Live mice can transmit internal parasites like pinworms and tapeworms. treatment is pretty easy, but can be a bit of money. Do what is best for your snake. i figured out that some of mine will go crazy of FT, just as much as live, so i feed FT for them. The pickier eaters get live. Just easier for me to deal with for the most part! I dislike breeding rodents and my landlord won't let me, and I don't like going every week just to feed my snakes.
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Re: F/T vs Live
 Originally Posted by darkbloodwyvern
Nothing wrong with live, but be sure to have a vet you can take a yearly fecal sample to. Live mice can transmit internal parasites like pinworms and tapeworms. .
Mammalian pinworms and tapeworms tend to not survive inside reptiles. Remember most parasites are host specific.
Do a quick little search on here for parasite info...Becky has posted some wonderful stuff.
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Re: F/T vs Live
 Originally Posted by JoshJP7
If your snake is already taking FT then why make the switch? FT is much cheaper than live depending on your pet store. Around here a small rat is 3$ and if you get FT they are like 1$... Either way you can feed live or FT as long as your snake eats who gives a monkey hoot!   ...
B-lo representing! Anywhere near Springville? Prolly not as its out in the middle of nowhere... my fiance is from there.
I'm about 15 minutes outside buffalo, in the 'burbs
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Re: F/T vs Live
 Originally Posted by Houzi88
I'm thinking about waiting an extra day to feed him because that mouse was Soo incredibly big for him (It looked).
Prey should be roughly the same size around as your snake is at it fattest part. If he got it down, I doubt it was too big
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