Ok, like I said if you had a choice. I know some balls only take live and there is no way around that. obviously if the snake will starve then live prey is the way to go (any prey, wraped in bacon if need be).Originally Posted by Wh00h0069
Pros: some balls are picky and will only eat live. Why starve a ball when it will readily accept live? Hmmm. Seems pretty simple to me. If your snake doesn't eat, you can save it for another time, unlike f/t.
Con: you have to either raise rats, or buy them live from someone else. They could potentially harm your snake. They can get loose in your house, which has happened to me on multiple occasions.
BTW, Brian from BHB said on Reptile Radio that he feeds all of his thousands of ball pythons live prey each week, and also leaves they prey in over night. He said that he never has issues with the rodents hurting the snakes.
And I know of people that leave live prey in overnight and have seen first had a couple attacks from rodents that were pretty nasty on some nice morphs so just because he said he has had no issues does not mean it does not happen.
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