I thought most breeders fed live? What do you feed?

[sg1trogdor]

I buy live and prekill before feeding.

[stangs13]

Im hoping with all my new balls that I will be able to feed live completly though!

[Petboy15]

LIVE! but I try to do f/t most of the time with the bloods and red tail for when they get up to bigger items.

[West Coast Jungle]

Mosty live

[derrabe]

Ok now im confused I was under the impress most people fed f/t for the simple reason they can hurt your snake. But this threat is saying completely different

[Bruce Whitehead]

I feed my pythons live and my colubrids take FT.

I hate wasting prey items, as I raise my own, and if I am going to take a rat's live to feed a snake, then having that be in vain is something I am not comfortable with.

I get a stronger feed response with live, and once you have 5 or more snakes feeding FT can be a real hassle (estimating the amount of prey to thaw out, cutting down on waste, etc.).

Feedling live is only a risk if the keeper lets it be a risk. A rat pup at 30g is not going to do any damage to a BP.

I have a maximum size of rat that I would feed, and that is 40g. Even my biggest snakes are content with two... three if they are really hungry (rare). Never had a bite, a scratch, etc.

Bruce

[mischevious21]

Well I feed both- but mostly live. The only one I really feed F/T is my boa, since most of my balls wont take it-and even the ones that will wont always.

[Atsumi]

Both of my BPs get live mice.

I've never had a problem with bites or anything.

[jkobylka]

All live here. I go through a LOT of rodents!

Justin

[munding]

live