Quote Originally Posted by Emily Hubbard View Post
Both of those pics are instances of not supervising. I don't think there is any danger in feeding on a paper towel if you supervise. I never toss food and walk away. I no longer feed on a towel because I changed substrates, but when I did, she never came close to eating it, and I never left until the prey way fully swallowed and she had crawled back in her hide. If she HAD started eating it, I would have caught it when her lip caught the corner, it would have gone nowhere.

I would hope that anyone who feeds live knows better than to walk away. There is a pic in the ball python book I got before getting my girl of a poor snake that was left alone with live prey and actually survived, but its pigment was gone in most places after it healed up. Looked like a pied that went through a blender. So sad. I actually think supervision is a must no matter what method you use. Just safer all around.
just in case you were wondering, i wasnt trying to bash you, so sorry if it went over like that, i was just trying to point out that there is a risk