Quote Originally Posted by JohnNJ View Post
Amy: You have received lots of good information and advice but with all of your stipulations you may want to reconsider owning a snake. It just may not be the right pet for you and your situation at this time. Maybe later.
Because I might have to feed live? I don't see the problem as long as I am very careful. I am going to talk with my brothers and sister about having f/t rats in the freezer. It's the outside freezer that hardly anyone even goes into so I don't see where the problem would lie. My mom was the one making it tough in the first place but I talked to her and she said "See what your siblings and dad say." So I may be able to feed f/t. If not, I'll just get 3 weeks worth of rats.

I have been wanting a snake for about 3 years and my family is finally letting me own one. I understand what goes on with feeding now. I appreciate most of your guys input. I would never want my snake to be harmed. My first thought when considering getting a snake was f/t but I didn't think about what my family would think about it.

I don't know that I could kill rats myself in a CO2 chamber because to me it sounds holocausty... Taking rats and putting them in a gas chamber awaiting their untimely death due to suffocation by gas. But then again, if I feed live it's like even worse to them...So hopefully I can get my family to not hate me for putting dead, frozen rats in the freezer outside.

Wish me luck in the mean time, unless of course all of you are against me getting a snake too just because the way I may have to feed.

I may have come off as sensitive to the rats because I owned five of them, but like I have said before, it's circle of life and the snake needs to eat too.

Again, thank you guys for the help and information. It has helped a lot.