Live prey vs......

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Originally Posted by Thunder Kat

loosing a beloved to pre-killed turned me to live.:(

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Originally Posted by rabernet

How did you lose one to pre-killed?

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Must've been one of those zombie rats:rolleye2: LMAO

Yea, whichever they prefer.. Mine have always like live the best, rather their CH or WC

Hey Adam, Im new and have three balls, they all eat live, the mice are ok for the little ball but for the biggerones they eat rats and im just not comfortable, I want to prekill them but need to know how. Im afraid they will hurt my babies.
I know there are some answers here somewhere! thanks for listening

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Originally Posted by fionafancypants

I want to prekill them but need to know how. Im afraid they will hurt my babies.
I know there are some answers here somewhere! thanks for listening

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I'm not Adam, but hopefully this thread helps you with your question. It's a sticky in the feeders forum.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=33850

Good luck.

live but responsibly

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Let this help you decide -> (Graphic Warning - LINK)

Rick

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Originally Posted by SiscoReptiles

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Let this help you decide -> (Graphic Warning - LINK)

Rick

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Originally Posted by juddb

live but responsibly

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It is very obvious the snake in that picture wasnt being watched while being fed live. Not being watched is why things like that happen. A snake could be bit while being watch, but it wouldnt get that far because the responsible owner would stop it LONG before that. I would be willing to go out on a limb here and say that that was probably a case of a rodent being left in a cage for days before being checked on again. I agree that pic has its place (showing why not to leave live feeders with snakes unsupervised) but i do not think it should be brought up to say feeding live is just bad. I'd like so say more here, but this topic always seems to get pretty heated pretty quickly, so im gonna try to stay out of this one.

I say on behalf of the rodents, dont feed live. But perhaps if you had most natural of enclosures and stimulate the "wildness" then go ahead:) But I would never feed anything bigger than a mouse Live, because of all the horror stories and pics Ive seen. And many animals larger than mice struggle too much and its just heart breaking. Mice are in the constriction and they die very quick unlike many other larger animals... This is just in my opinion, please dont bash me Live feeders. I dont have time to argue over something that cannot be changed... No matter how much you argue. But, I do love good discussions, learn something new every day :D

[QUOTE=piranhaking]but i do not think it should be brought up to say feeding live is just bad[QUOTE]

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No offense taken or given, but I did not say feeding live was good or bad.. I just said let that help you decide, anything else was read into it. I will state I feed fresh killed or frozen/thawed most of the time, but sometimes you need to start a new snake on live first if that is what it is used to.

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If Joe feeds live and monitors them and his rats never bite his snake, he can start to feel comfortable and become relaxed on his responsibility to monitor them. I realize there are people who may not do this, but as humans.. humans are lazy and get bored rather easy.. or perhaps the phone rings, or perhaps a friend shows up and Joe gets sidetracked.. It happens...

My opinion..

I would rather suggest feeding fresh killed, a freshly killed rat will not cause that issue. There are times when live is required, but I never recommend live to anyone who buys a snake off me that has been moved onto prekilled already.

Rick

i feed mine both live and f/t.but i think im gonna have to stick with f/t because my sisters and my mom cant take the thought of feeding live mice to my BP and blood.