I’m in agreement with all the “it’s safe to feed live” posts above. Deborah said all that needs to be said about doing it safely. I stopped feeding live more than a decade ago, but had fed live for more than 10 years before that and never had an injury. My decision to switch to F/T was based on economy and convenience. Fortunately, not one of the 100 or so snakes that have passed through the collection in that time has refused F/T.