Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
You do not need to give her any additional nutrients just because she is being fed frozen thawed. There is no evidence that f/t contains less nutrients than live prey.

I feed my snakes 10-15% of their body weight. It might be a good idea to purchase a scale and keep track of your snakes growth. Kitchen food scales work well. Most people measure in grams
To the original poster. Listen to Kaorte. Because freezing, then thawing the mouse DOES NOT make the mouse/rat less nutritional. I have NEVER read ANYTHING ANYWHERE that says freezing them does.

If it took a frozen/thawed then keep it on frozen thawed. There is absolutely no point in buying live, then pre-killing them IF your snake accepts frozen/thawed. It is more expensive, and a waste of time and driving to buy a live feeder every time your snake eats. You can save alot by buying bags of frozen mice. It's cheap, even if you have to have them shipped. Rodentpro.com is a good one....so is themousefactory.com

Ignore the poster that told you not to feed frozen/thawed and that you should buy live and prekill them. They don't know what they are talking about. Because again, if it's eating frozen/thawed (F/T) it is RIDICULOUS to do it the other way.

Good luck, and congratulations on your new baby. It's a beauty!
There is alot of good advice, but make sure the people you are getting it from know what they are talking about. Just because they have 10 or 15 snakes listed in their signature....doesn't mean they know jack.

-SpiderBP