Live VS F/T

I feed both. But I find F/T much easier.

Live.

I like my rat colony. They're cute. So, yeah, a lot of them have to go to the snake feeding bin, but c'est la vie. I enjoy caring for them while they're with me. To tell you the truth, they're more interesting to me than the snakes. :rolleye2: And when they survive the snake bin, we celebrate! lol.

Great replys guys!!

I appreciate all the opinions and votes on the poll, keep the comments and votes comin :)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I prefer to feed mine live.

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Yeah it seems some just love the ease of feeding live, or others love the safeness of feeding FT/PK.

It seems like one of those love it or hate it things :)

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Originally Posted by JLC

Currently, I feed f/t because that is by far the most convenient method for me. When the day comes that I can expand my collection and start breeding my own feeders, I'm sure I'll feed live.

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Ditto to that ;) I'm on f/t simply because it's easiest with only a handful of snakes. If I were to ever have one that absolutely refused all f/t attempts however, I wouldn't hesitate to get a live feeder for it to keep it eating.

I feed live as that's the method that has been used his whole life. I monitor the activity and never leave the rodent in there for more than 30 minutes if he doesn't eat it

frozen pretty much 100% of the time with my adults. i try to start hatchlings out with f/t. if that doesn't work then i go to live until they get a couple meals in them.

I feed FT to all of my animals that will accept it, and live to the rest. I hate having to deal with the live rodents, but when you are producing hatchlings, there's no other choice. Scant few hatchlings will start feeding on FT. I have some adults that I simply haven't been able to convert, as well.
The cost of FT versus live that you raise yourself is actually about equal, with one exception--the live rodents require considerable labor. Purchasing live rodents is much more expensive.

i find it the other way around with hatchlings... the majority of my hatchlings start on f/t for me. guess im just lucky! but if they don't... then off to go find live.

I feed f/t for convenience and cost. The nearest pet store is about 30 min from me. They carry live, but they're more expensive than f/t. Right now I buy 3 packs of frozen rats/mice from said pet store, but as soon as I have the money, I'm ordering frozen online. It'll save me over 60% cost wise.

I feed whatever I have since I breed my own rats, if I have live the right size that's what they get if not I just grab some f/t from the freezer. :gj: