For convenience live or frozen/thawed?

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Pro Live:

- No waste, rats that are not eaten can be saved for next feeding.
- I found i got a better feeding response when feeding live but that could just be my personal experience.
- No thawing or prep time required
- umm...

Con Live:

- Trips every week or more to your local rat source
- Smelly
- "Can," hurt the snake... can..
- Takes up more space than F/T
- Not always available.. and prices can be higher than F/T especially since you can buy F/T in bulk and save some money.
- If you do have to keep them for a week or more you will need to house them, feed them, water them, etc. It becomes more and more expensive.

I am currently breeding my own colonies. Most of the cons really wont effect me that much. Im just trying to figure out what I want to do in the long run.