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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by xShevi View Post
    I'll tell you, this post made me scared of feeding my expensive snake f/t. Thanks.

    Fudging hell.....
    I wouldn,t feed F/T. Even if i did not feed live, i would feed pre killed. The only reasons in my opinion to feed F/T is that you can,t afford to buy live prey, you find it expensive. Or its hard to buy live prey in your area, not available. As i have mentioned before, if you feed F/T its advisable to add vitamins to the prey

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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by Dutti View Post
    I wouldn,t feed F/T. Even if i did not feed live, i would feed pre killed. The only reasons in my opinion to feed F/T is that you can,t afford to buy live prey, you find it expensive. Or its hard to buy live prey in your area, not available. As i have mentioned before, if you feed F/T its advisable to add vitamins to the prey
    Lol dude you're so offensive you probably don't even realize.

    I don't feed live because of the health hazards it can bring, I've seen enough pictures of snakes with scratches and bite marks because of a bad coil or grasp.

    In here, feeding live is actually less expensive than f/t but I can't bear to watch a mouse or rat being slaughtered and gasping for air as a snake coils harder and harder.

    It's good that there's a majority of nice people on this forum that help me by telling signs of bad f/t prey
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    Rats can be pretty funky with their scent naturally. They are just foul little critters normally and if they urinated on themselves it can smell pretty skunky. I find them less appealing than mice but maybe that is just me.

    I also feed frozen thawed and have for years. The potential of a very expensive bite being a vet trip is just not something I am willing to risk for my snakes. If you can't find frozen thawed then my recommendation is get used to killing your live prey before feeding once you get to a larger size. It is just not worth a bite no matter that reason behind feeding live.
    Luckily I can always find f/t rats and mice. And I don't know, the fuzzies and pinkies I've given smelled far less worse than the mice versions.. But it might just be me as well! Haha

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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by Dutti View Post
    I wouldn,t feed F/T. Even if i did not feed live, i would feed pre killed. The only reasons in my opinion to feed F/T is that you can,t afford to buy live prey, you find it expensive. Or its hard to buy live prey in your area, not available. As i have mentioned before, if you feed F/T its advisable to add vitamins to the prey
    Umm no...know it all. Live prey is 4.29 or higher if rats. I pay per medium rat 1.80 frozen. #2. The risk of live is the risk I'm not willing to take. C. Not hard to find in my area. #4. I just can't with you anymore. Please stop providing bad advice.
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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by xShevi View Post
    Lol dude you're so offensive you probably don't even realize.

    I don't feed live because of the health hazards it can bring, I've seen enough pictures of snakes with scratches and bite marks because of a bad coil or grasp.

    In here, feeding live is actually less expensive than f/t but I can't bear to watch a mouse or rat being slaughtered and gasping for air as a snake coils harder and harder.

    It's good that there's a majority of nice people on this forum that help me by telling signs of bad f/t preyLuckily I can always find f/t rats and mice. And I don't know, the fuzzies and pinkies I've given smelled far less worse than the mice versions.. But it might just be me as well! Haha
    Yes. I don,t care about your feelings when i type. I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that

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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

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    Yes. I don,t care about your feelings when i type. I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that
    Wow! Just wow! If this isn't the here's your sign I don't know what is.
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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by Sunnieskys View Post
    Umm no...know it all. Live prey is 4.29 or higher if rats. I pay per medium rat 1.80 frozen. #2. The risk of live is the risk I'm not willing to take. C. Not hard to find in my area. #4. I just can't with you anymore. Please stop providing bad advice.
    You say no then you confirm what i said that live prey is more expensive! According to you live rat 4.29 or more and frozen rat is 1.80. And i have offered an alternative, a second choice for those who are not willing to to take the risk of live feeding or do not want to see live feeding and that is pre-killed.
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    This thread has now been closed. No need to continue an argument that is only going in circles.

    It is perfectly safe to feed frozen/thawed rodents, just make sure they come from a reputable source (and no, you do not need to add any sort of vitamins). There are multiple reasons why f/t can be a better choice than feeding live (and vice versa), but it is up to you as an individual to decide what works best for you and your snakes.
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