Bad Feeding Day

I fed live for a long time and had several incidents like that happen over the years. They were always small wounds that healed very fast and no harm was done. But these days I only feed f/t or p/k. It took a lot of patience and work to get my picky female BP to except p/k prey, but it is really worth it, IMO. I don't like risking my snake's health, especially when feeding larger rats which can do a lot of damage. Also if you only have a few snakes its not a bad idea to feed in a separate container, that's how I feed all my snakes and it works well for me. Hope this helps.

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Stunning is cruel and completely unnecessary

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Plus stunned rodents are much more likely to be aggressive if or when they regain lucidity. You could actually be endangering your snake more by doing so.

All that aside, I completely agree with frankykeno. We often forget what they are designed for in the wild. As long as you are responsible about live feeding it is a perfectly viable option. Accidents can and most probably will happen if you feed live on a regular basis, but as long as you are there to supervise, most bites (unless they get the eye or some other extremely sensitive part) are nothing to worry about :) Although it doesn't hurt to put some antibiotic ointment on any and all bites and monitor them just to be sure ;)