Is it ok if my bp eats a live mouse, live?

[leoares27]

Well, if we are going to get into a big discussion...the best way to feed is to use frozen/thawed mice or rats...that is the safest and most snakes will adjust to this if given the chance...

our baby balls ate sm mice (not pinkies) when they were babies...now, at about 3months-4 months, they are eating weaned rats...they can eat things that you wouldn't think they could...their jaws can open wider than seemingly possible!

Thanks!

[MeMe]

Well, if we are going to get into a big discussion...the best way to feed is to use frozen/thawed mice or rats...

I would have to disagree with you.

that is the safest

says who? How?

and most snakes will adjust to this if given the chance...

How many have you converted?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Well, if we are going to get into a big discussion...the best way to feed is to use frozen/thawed mice or rats...

I will have to disagree with you too, live feeding can be perfectly safe and the bottom line is to be aware of your options, feed responsibly, and feed what works for the BP and is convenient for the owner.

There is not one way better than another and that come from someone feeding both .

[WingedWolfPsion]

I cannot believe there are still people who will actually say that feeding f/t is not safer than feeding live.
But I do hope that subject doesn't hijack this thread.

[MeMe]

I cannot believe there are still people who will actually say that feeding f/t is not safer than feeding live.
But I do hope that subject doesn't hijack this thread.

If the bp is fed the proper sized meal it IS just as safe as feeding f/t.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I cannot believe there are still people who will actually say that feeding f/t is not safer than feeding live.
But I do hope that subject doesn't hijack this thread.

And I cannot believe there is still people trying to make there way of feeding the way that everyone else should go by

Like I said before to each their own both can be perfectly safe, and it should be up to the owners to decide what is best for them based on the knowledge they have acquired rather than someone saying one is better than the other.

[Brimstone111888]

Snakes are made to kill and eat live prey. There really is no need to stun it.

[rabernet]

then at least it's being done in the cause of reducing future inhumane killings of rodents by the snake itself.

What is inhumane about a natural process of predator vs. prey?

[chz]

Well it's not very hard to realize that a F/T doesn't produce nearly as much threat to a snake as a live mouse/rat. Cmon people.. I thought we were intellegent adults.

As for MeMe's comment on the size of the rodent, it doesn't really matter. If your snake isn't hungry, the rodent (regardless of size) is going to come up and knaw on your snake at some point. That alone is enough proof to say that F/T is safer.

The debate should be whether or not it is humane. And in my opinion the debate on that is completely subjective, because everyone stands on different moral grounds.

[rabernet]

As for MeMe's comment on the size of the rodent, it doesn't really matter. If your snake isn't hungry, the rodent (regardless of size) is going to come up and knaw on your snake at some point. That alone is enough proof to say that F/T is safer.

The ONLY time a rodent is going to come up and "GNAW on your snake at some point" is if you leave it in with your snake, unattended overnight with no access to food or water. A rodent doesn't go into an enclosure and go "oh, a snake, it hasn't eaten me, I think I'll go gnaw on it for the hell of it".