Why feed live prey?

[Kyle7676]

You can feed a 3000g snake small rats multiple times a week rather than one jumbo rat every 2 weeks.

Again, you are failing to address the whole issue. So you mean to tell me if you have 10+ adult size BPs, it is practical to feed them all several times weekly ? Really ?

And I'll still respond with, if the owner feeds responsibly, there is no risk from feeding live. Most if not all of the times you hear about a rat bite or attack is due to feeding an adult rat and/or leaving the rat alone with the snake for an inappropriate amount of time. A rat left for a few hours or more is a hungry rat. The only other thing in the enclosure is the snake. So put two and two together and you get an injured or dead snake.

I think so many people on here would disagree with ya there. There is a risk. Even with rat pups, they do have teeth. They can bite. Would they d damage like a large rat ? No, but they can still bite. Even if you stand over EVERY snake you own and vigilantly watch them, they can still wrap so you cant see the rats mouth. They can get bit this way.

The point is, the owner has to be vigilant and responsible.

Well I guess we can agree on something.

Just like there is a risk to feeding f/t.......

Like I said previously, there are risks to both methods. There is no right or wrong.

LOL yet you still fail to provide an example of how f/t is risky when the owner is careful. There is no risk.