I feed every 5 to 7 days. I feed F/T. I think it's funny that someone thinks that a snake won't take F/T the first time. My snake has eaten 10 F/T rats over his lifetime and he's almost 5 months old. In fact, according to his iHerp page, his FIRST meal after his first shed was F/T. Apparently, my snake recognized a F/T rat as food. And he continues to. I think you have to do what works for you. If I had a pet store 5 min from my house, I might do live. As it is, the pet store is 30 min from my house and to drive there every week is a little of a pain as I have a job and 3 children. So I buy a bunch at a time and freeze them. It works out better for me bc I'm not wasting all that gas and I don't have to worry if my $ runs a little low one week bc suppers in the freezer!