Quote Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle View Post
Feeding live rodents to snakes is something that should be considered prior to getting a Ball Python. Many BP's will never eat FT or even prekilled. The reality is it is unnatural for them. They have heat receptors to measure body heat of their prey even in the blackest of darkness. Some can be condition to eat them but that is usually an established snake with a good feeding response. I prefer live because I can analyze the health of the rodent and I know it is fresh. My concern with frozen is I have no idea if the thing was healthy? how it died? and if there has been any decaying, maggots? prior to packaging, all very scary.

We live in a world where our meat comes packaged nicely in plastic, well folks just because we didn't kill it doesn't mean it didn't die for our consumption. We can eat millions of things other than meat, snakes only eat one thing, rodents, and if was running through your kitchen cabinets you probably wouldn't have any problem killing it. But put it in a cage and everyone gets all emotional.

Thats my take on it.

My wife doesnt like to watch the rodents die and I can appreciate that. I dont enjoy it but I look at it like farming. If I raised chickens or pigs(for consumption) I would have to kill them when it is time to sell the meat. You have to shut off the emotions and turn up the logic, its just the way it is and someones gotta do it.
This is pretty much what I was trying to get across right here, I just didn't say it as nicely. It all boils down to, moral support shouldn't be a problem here, because when you purchase a snake, you KNOW it eats rodents.

So I'm not sure why I'm being ragged on, I'm just telling it like it is.