prekilling your snake's prey by yourself?

[rabernet]

not sure about you but my snakes are either for sale or show pieces for my business i for one dont want the chance for my snake to get bit and leave an ugly scar i mean ive seen some rats jump so quickly that my snakes only get the tail or rear leg and the i have a bite mark that may never go away so your responce about "what nature intended" is debunked because once we brought these animals into our lives they were not "wild" animals anymoe meaning we have to protect them from anything

I've feed over 4000 live prey items since I've kept ball pythons. Not one of my animals has been injured or scarred as a result of feeding live. If I'd had even one injury - that would be .0004% of a chance of injury - extremely low risk.

If fed properly, live feeding is very low risk to your snakes. That being said, feed what works best for you. Buy f/t or use a CO2 chamber if you prefer not to feed live.