Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
I buy live and prekill before feeding.
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
Im hoping with all my new balls that I will be able to feed live completly though!:D
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
LIVE! but I try to do f/t most of the time with the bloods and red tail for when they get up to bigger items.
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
Ok now im confused I was under the impress most people fed f/t for the simple reason they can hurt your snake. But this threat is saying completely different
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
I feed my pythons live and my colubrids take FT.
I hate wasting prey items, as I raise my own, and if I am going to take a rat's live to feed a snake, then having that be in vain is something I am not comfortable with.
I get a stronger feed response with live, and once you have 5 or more snakes feeding FT can be a real hassle (estimating the amount of prey to thaw out, cutting down on waste, etc.).
Feedling live is only a risk if the keeper lets it be a risk. A rat pup at 30g is not going to do any damage to a BP.
I have a maximum size of rat that I would feed, and that is 40g. Even my biggest snakes are content with two... three if they are really hungry (rare). Never had a bite, a scratch, etc.
Bruce
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
Well I feed both- but mostly live. The only one I really feed F/T is my boa, since most of my balls wont take it-and even the ones that will wont always.
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
Both of my BPs get live mice.
I've never had a problem with bites or anything.
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?
All live here. I go through a LOT of rodents!
Justin
Re: I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?