Re: Frozen/Thawed or Live???
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Originally Posted by
Slim
EDIT: Oh what the heck, I like a good fight as much as the next guy...
Carsten, you should only ever feed your BP F/T! It's totally the best way to go!
LMAO!!!
And it worked!
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Originally Posted by
skinnyrascal
Agreeing on f/t being best. It's more convenient because you won't have live mice sitting around waiting to be eaten. It's safer because your snake won't be bitten by the prey fighting back. Most importantly, it's the most humane option for both animals. The rodents are put to sleep with gas and don't know what hit em. I can't see any reason to feed live.
Convenience is in the eye of the beholder! We feed all(27) of our snakes live. We also breed our own feeders so it is much more convenient for us to feed live. And, because we raise our own feeders we know our snakes are getting the best feeders possible, do you? We supervise all of the feedings and are ready to intervene if we need to so it is safe. And we also don't have to waste food, if one of the snakes doesn't want to eat then the rat/asf just goes back in it's tub until next time.
To the OP, as others have stated it is whatever works the best for you and your snake.
Re: Frozen/Thawed or Live???
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Originally Posted by
RobNJ
As far as your comments on rodents being gassed being humane...it is only humane if done properly. Done too quickly or too slowly, and it causes major distress.
I can imagine that. Couldn't the same be applied to snakes constricting their prey? From what I've heard/seen in videos, the rodents aren't all too happy about it. So I guess in the end, none of it is pleasant but the snake's gotta eat too... :P
If I had to choose though I'd rather use f/t rodents that I know were gassed humanely. I have a friend who raises her own for that exact reason. I might consider that option when I have the space to do so.
