I started feeding FT , Then after adding some animals that would only take live I started to breed my own. As someone else stated ,its nice to know what your feeders have been eating. we use high quality rodent cubes with good results. Its nice to go out to the rat racks and have correct size prey for any animal. I feel thier feeding response is far better feeding live. I have a boa that is 18 years old that has never had anything but live without a single issue. FT was convenient for us because we would but 200.00 worth at a time from a breeder 20 miles away. Im confident that 80% of our collection willl eat FT but am very happy breeding my own. I dont miss writing out that feed bill check. $18.00 worth of feed makes alot of rats!