Severus is home at last!

He was eating live when he was with me... I think Jo was planning on doing the same.

He's a live feeder as are the snakes here. Even the little milksnake will take live but she's fed f/t because quite honestly I don't want to breed mice for her LOL.

I would really like if you would get him on f/t or at least f/k. Its not a risk thats needed to feed live rats since most boas will take dead prey. Just my oppinion

Thanks for your opinion which you have repeatedly expressed to me in AIM and I believe I'll give you the same answer here I gave you there. Responsible feeding of appropriate prey is a keeper's personal decision and one we as a community support. I thank you for your input, however, Mike and I will continue to feed what and how we see fit for our collection and I'd expect you to do the same.

I have to agree with Jo on this one. There is nothing wrong with feeding live if done responsibly. I feed all of mine live, never had an issue with it, and will continue to do so, because it's what works best for me.


If f/t works best for you, then by all means, feed f/t. But it's a little presumptious to think that someone is going to switch to your method of feeding because you would really like them to.

Most of the folks here have enough information about about all the methods of feeding to make a well thought out decision about the method of feeding that they prefer and works best for them and their collection.

The freedom of educated and responsible choice is a true blessing of this message board. There are other boards where one's educated and responsible choice is regarded as true heresy, in that when your method goes against what is the ingrained, "one true way", and certainly does not promote free thought, learning and/or sharing.

I speak from experience. =P

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Originally Posted by cassandra

The freedom of educated and responsible choice is a true blessing of this message board. There are other boards where one's educated and responsible choice is regarded as true heresy, in that when your method goes against what is the ingrained, "one true way", and certainly does not promote free thought, learning and/or sharing.

I speak from experience. =P

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And that is not how we roll.

Thank you for your well-worded responses.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I have to agree with Jo on this one. There is nothing wrong with feeding live if done responsibly. I feed all of mine live, never had an issue with it, and will continue to do so, because it's what works best for me.


If f/t works best for you, then by all means, feed f/t. But it's a little presumptious to think that someone is going to switch to your method of feeding because you would really like them to.

Most of the folks here have enough information about about all the methods of feeding to make a well thought out decision about the method of feeding that they prefer and works best for them and their collection.

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Amen, Robin. I've always fed my kids, live, and as a responsible herp owner, I take a special amount of time out of my day to devote to watching them feed, making sure they are not injured, and waiting until the entire consumption is over with, until I go out again.

Whatever method works best for the reptiles and the owners is the best method for them. As long as an owner is responsible, feeding live is just as safe as feeding f/t.