Rescued 2 abandoned BPs, what now?

[rabernet]

Yes, I said it CAN hurt them. Not all have had a problem with live, but I, from personal experience, have. Even when I didn't LEAVE the rat in the cage without being watched ( i would never walk away).

Sometime a wrong strike thought can still leave the rat plenty of biting room until they are squeezed to death. Either way I don't think you'd want any wounds whether they be big or small. I just think giving that this person has little to no experience....try f/t first if they want to see if they'd even eat.

I'm sorry to hear that you had a personal bad experience.

We just don't ever want to become a forum that advocates that live is better than f/t or that f/t is better than live. We advocate that each keeper educates themselves on the different methods and then decides for themselves what works best for them.

I had zero experience when I got my first ball python and fed live. But I also did a lot of forum lurking before I got my first snake and read how to introduce live prey safely.

The OP decided that he was more comfortable with feeding f/t and that's awesome!

My only point in speaking up was so that others who may read this would have the counter information that live feeding isn't inherently dangerous when done correctly. Even IF I'd had 10 injuries in those 15K live feedings - that makes my personal risk of injury in my sample, .00066% - which is pretty darn low.