Quote Originally Posted by Quacking-Terror View Post
Call me strange, but I actually prefer live. F/T just seems like too much of a hassle to me. To each their own though, of course. F/T would definitely be more convenient but if necessary I can buy a bunch of rats of a couple different sizes and keep them, I can make room for that. The cat is fascinated by the pups though..he seems to think they should belong to him.
Feeding live is a hassle for me. Any day I want to feed my snakes, I have to drive to my supplier, make a purchase, drive back, attempt to feed, and if I have any refusals, what then? If I'm strictly a live feeder, then I'd have to prepare a setup and care for another animal.

I've had to deal with that crap for a few months now because of one animal that did not take f/t, however tonight she FINALLY took a few F/T crawlers. *HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF*

However, if I bred my own feeders all of that would be a non-issue. However, there IS work involved in breeding your own feeders. Time, space, and smell are all things that I factored into my decision to not breed my own feeders. I would save a bit of money, and F/T has its own drawbacks (thawing does take preparation), but for me I find greater overall personal value in feeding F/T than I do breeding my own feeders, which is the ONLY way I would feed live regularly to my entire collection.

Even if you breed your own feeders, you don't have to feed F/T to feed a dead prey item. You can pre-kill your feeders just before you offer them, and have all the safety benefits of feeding dead prey items without dealing with the time involved warming a frozen feeder.