Quote Originally Posted by pigfat View Post
I know this has probably come up too many times to count, but I cant find the threads, so I apologize. My BP will be here next Wednesday and they guy I bought him from feeds live rats. Is live feeding really detrimental to their health? I know this is the way they would feed in the wild but I'm afraid of a rat hurting my BP.
Feeding live Pros and Cons:

Pros -
1) Can get tricky eaters to feed
2) Easily accessible if you breed your own feeders

Cons -
1) Can be dangerous. Feeders have killed their potential predators before.
2) Expensive if you have to purchase retail feeders, and not always readily availabe

I feed frozen/thawed and have a freezer full of feeders. I order in bulk from Rodentpro.com, it's the most affordable way I've found to feed my animals outside of breeding my own animals (and add in a minimum wage time cost, and rodent pro still wins out).