I've been trying to convert my (7) BPs to F/T food, since everyone seems to think it's better than live - mostly for the safety of the snake, and supposedly it also makes things easier for the keeper. Well, so far that has NOT been true for me!

Only one snake will take it 100% of the time, and that's my new baby Mojave... Toby (pastel) will eat maybe 50%, and the others are between 0-25% thus far. Therefore I'm wasting a good percentage of these frozen mice/rats, especially since the only definite F/T eater is so small (and can only eat 1-2 small adult mice at a time). I also find it much more time-consuming than live, since I have to thaw & sometimes heat them up before serving. With live I just toss it in the tub, and 9 times out of 10 it's eaten within a minute. Finally, it's actually harder to find frozen prey than live around here, and ends up costing about the same per item.

So basically I'm wondering, is it worth continuing the attempt to switch them over - or should I just stick with live? I only feed live mice, btw, for a few reasons... one being that Delilah only eats mice, and Mona (the biggest girl) has been fasting since August, so I don't want to be left with rats that are too big for my little guys. I also just got a breeding trio of mice, so hopefully I'll soon have my own supply. And when I do get my own babies, I'll really be annoyed if I end up throwing them away after freezing & thawing.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this topic? Has anyone else had this much trouble converting, and if so, did you give up or keep trying?