I've heard the whole "feeding frozen is the only way if you care about your animals" crap a few too many times. Get over yourself. They are snakes. They are not made of glass. Getting bit lets them know they had a bad strike and how to correct it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with feeding live, except some people are way overprotective.Originally Posted by Powerspythons
I've heard the whole "oh, if you watch em reallll close and make sure nothing happens, it's okay to feed live." bull crap a few too many times. I have 3 BPs that have to feed live because no matter what I try they will NOT eat frozen or prekilled..but anyways..I watch very closely every time, and I've had a snake get bit a few times(never anything too graphic and he always recovered in a week or so) but my point is that no matter how close you watch or how quick you think you are, feeding live is never safe, because it just all happens too fast. and thats something that you just have to either be okay with, or when your mom isnt looking bash the mouse/rat on the table to kill it real quick.
And, I really don't think you should go behind your mom's back and start bashing their heads around. You have to do it just right to kill the rat anyway. Most likely you are going to end up with a spacing, bleeding rat. Ugh. Gross.
I would do what you have to, but most likely it will be ok to feed live.
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