This thread has been hijacked, but It's bound to happen when feeding is involved.

I feed live, and ever 7 days or so.

SoCaliSon and rabernet thanks for those posts, Kudos. I wholeheartedly think it's up to the keeper as to what to feed their snakes. But ya'lls posts just made me feel much better about feeding live. I've never had any problems feeding live, nor do I know any snake keepers personally that have had problems feeding live.

It doesn't seem to be a prevailing feeling here, but I've been to other forums where if you're feeding live, you're almost crucified. It's just pure ignorance. It can be done safely.

Also, just to add to the humane argument... Yeah your snake can kill live prey, but it's extremely efficient and humane. Then compare that to some of the ways humans kill the food that we eat. Ever visit a slaughter house? Thats far less humane than how a snake dispatches prey. Ever see a hunter kill deer, or bear, or... fill in the blank?

Just goes to show there is a double standard when it comes to feeding snakes.

That's just my .02.

J.B.