first feed a complete success, or, why do people seem to prefer F/T?

Monday night Monty started to explore his tank, Tuesday morning I found a processed mouse.
Figured Id try and see if he would take a mouse so soon after coming home. Big guy went to town on that mouse. everything went as swimmingly as possible.
Which brings me to a question: why do people seem to prefer frozen thawed? is it because they can be bought in bulk and kept frozen until they are needed? do some 'i dont want to see a cute little mouse die' morals come into play?

the convenience is definitely a biggie. as is the money saved. also, it's safer. a dead mouse isn't gonna turn around and bite your snake! :D

It certainly is simpler for some to just take a mouse out of the freezer than to have to go to the pet store on feeding day, especially with gas prices now days!

Some can't stomach watching their snake kill something.

There is some danger in feeding live, although it is almost nil when done correctly. There are plenty of rumors about how dangerous it is though.

Probably other reasons as well.

But if feeding live works for you and your snake, then go for it! Just make sure you know how to do it correctly so there is no unnecessary danger for your snake. One sentence summary of the most important thing: don't leave a live mouse or rat unattended with your BP.

Congrats!

There are a few good reasons for feeding F/T, they dont bite the snake, they are cheaper than live, and you can have a ton of them in the freezer. Feeding day is less work if you don't have to go get rats from a store.

Richard

totally pros and cons I like to have cheap frozen feeders but when you defrost and your snake refuses to eat it ti is a totally waste of money were as if it is live and not eaten no biggy save it for next time plus I hate defrosting takes forever and I have found the only snakes that are totally for f/t are my corns all my balls look at me like are you crazy I am not eating that thing its not moveing
some people are not for feeding live because of the poor mouse or rat but truthfully everything has to eat and one way or another they are dieing to feed the snake I figure the snake sould be aloud to do it itsself

I feed mostly F/T, it is cheaper when you have multiple snakes to feed. I also like the fact that if the snake doesnt want to eat right at the moment Im offering the prey I can leave it in the enclosure all night and I dont have to worry if my snake is being attacked. Most of the time the prey is gone in the morning.
I also have three females that were fed F/T since birth somtimes they dont even constrict so I dont trust them to eat live without getting hurt...

Honestly, I become instantly attached to anything alive. I get a mouse and I spend more than half a second with it and I'm going to want to keep it. I don't feel bad about my snake eating mice, because that is what they do, but I personally get attached to the lil mouse and want to keep him. For me, its just simpler to use f/t and Stan takes his food instantly and has never missed a meal so he doesn't seem to mind.

I feed f/t to all but one snake. I only have a total of 16 snakes and so it really isn't worth it to me to start keeping and breeding rats.

If I lived near to a supplier of live rats, I'd probably visit them each week, or even monthly, and feed live. But, alas... :(

The cost of feeding f/t is only 25% the cost of feeding live for me. Not to mention the convenience of storing them in the freezer and not having to either go to the store to buy them or to raise them.

Cheaper..
It's also more convenient. No matter how hard I try, I can't get my breeding ASFs at the right size for feeding time and with my smaller snakes, live hoppers aren't going to stay hoppers for more than two weeks.