Quote Originally Posted by aaramire View Post
Well it seems to me that alot of the problems you had with f/t are because you had crappy quality rats. I NEVER have smelly or messy f/t prey, and I never have bloody anything to throw away. Try getting some decent rats and you may find it makes a huge difference. Also, I am not sure why you had to buy a seperate freezer if you are only feeding two snakes... I feed two retics and a small boa and I keep the rats in one small shelf on my freezer.... no more space is needed. Personally I think feeding live is gross, the rats smell and poo and pee everywhere on the snake, and its a pain to lug them around when I can just go to the freezer and get some rats out and thaw em and be done. Not to mention the price, I don't know where you buy your rats but I have paid upwards of 7 dollars for ONE live rat.... sometimes as much as 10 or 15 dollars. Now, I pay 20 dollars for a bag of 20 small f/t rats.... sounds like a good deal to me... Maybe I am missing something here?
It’s very possible that the rodents I purchase aren’t the greatest, but I really don’t know since this is how they always present. I have thought about purchasing mice and rats in bulk, but this is where the freezer issue comes into play. I personally don’t want rodents in my freezer becuse that is ‘gross’ to me. I always buy their food the day they are being fed because I don’t want to have to store them. The live animals are priced exactly the same as the frozen where I live. No difference. The frozen rats and mice both had poop and the live ones did too, so I didn’t see any difference there. I recognize the topic of live vs. F/T can be a sensitive one, but I am glad I made the switch, and barring any disaster, I plan on continuing what I believe is best for my animals and my sanity.