Getting hatchlings to feed

[maximum411]

Yeah my breeder animals did come from a large breeder (who will not be named- he's a great breeder but obviously does not have the time to feed his animals f/t, which I understand). I have a normal pet bp I got off of Craigslist before I started breeding, and she is an incredible feeder- eats f/t every five days and has never refused a meal. When I put her in her feeding container, she gets into striking position before she even sees the rat. If only my current breeders were like that... that's the kind of feeding response I'm aiming for in the breeders I hold back from this next generation though.

And you're not "breaking" anything to me. As you can see, I am fine feeding live when it is the only option but why you would rather deal with live animals who poop, smell, require housing and care, and suffer when they are killed when you could instead have a freezer full of humanely killed frozen rats is beyond me, unless you are a large scale breeder (which I am not). I will feed live when necessary and one of my breeders eats live for every meal, but it seems a bit strange to me to care so much about the treatment of the snakes and not at all about their prey. They're animals too. Again, I do both because feeding f/t is not possible will all snakes, but given the choice, I will always choose the easier, cleaner, safer, more humane option.


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