Benefits of live feeding?

[ChunkyLoverYYZ]

Great feedback, thanks all. I'll stick with f/t as it's working just fine.

[greghall]

if you have a large collection I would feed live, otherwise if they eat F/T thats good,to get a large collection its almost impossble to get all on F/T.I have 40 feeding on various prey.

[EricWright]

Only if you consider the sound of rats squirming, dying and losing bowel control as "interesting". Id go f/t any day if all my snakes would take it.

I didn't realize I said that. Must be written real small between the lines.

What you have done is called a "straw man." You invent a position that I have never held, yet attribute it to me as if it was my own. You then attack that position and prove me wrong. You feel as though you have won something, while in fact, you have only attacked an invented person (the "straw man"). Classical logical fallacy.

[heathers*bps]

Feeding live is easier for me since I have over 50 snakes I feed. If f/t works for you, I see no reason to change it up

[Slim]

I didn't realize I said that. Must be written real small between the lines.

Then what did you mean, pray tell?

[heathers*bps]

I didn't realize I said that. Must be written real small between the lines.

What you have done is called a "straw man." You invent a position that I have never held, yet attribute it to me as if it was my own. You then attack that position and prove me wrong. You feel as though you have won something, while in fact, you have only attacked an invented person (the "straw man"). Classical logical fallacy.

[EricWright]

Then what did you mean, pray tell?

Watching a snake stalk, strike, and constrict (in a reasonable time frame too). You know the exciting day of the week where it's more than a pet rock. Have you ever watched a lion chase a gazelle on discovery channel?

[Mike41793]

Watching a snake stalk, strike, and constrict (in a reasonable time frame too). You know the exciting day of the week where it's more than a pet rock. Have you ever watched a lion chase a gazelle on discovery channel?

I see your point. I actually agree with you, i enjoy watching them hunt too. No im not a heartless barbarian that enjoys killing things... But watching the snake come out and hunt the prey is interesting for me to watch. Exactly like animal planet except not really a fair game bc the rat has zero chance of escaping lol. I do feel bad for the rats but there are millions of other out there. When feeding f/t you sorta just zombie dance it in front of them until they decide to get it. Regardless, im still gunna try and convert my 2 over to f/t so that way i can stock up in bulk. Maybe someday when i have the time/space to breed my own rats ill switch back to live.

[RobNJ]

Have you ever watched a lion chase a gazelle on discovery channel?

Have you ever watched a lion chase a gazelle in a 15'x15' cage???

[Slashmaster]

I don't know about F/T but I have some experiences with P/K.

I used to p/k small rats before feeding them to my snakes after they were weaned off rat crawlers. I noticed there was a higher chance of them refusing a P/K rodent than, when I just dropped the small rat live and let them stalk it, when they were offered live.

It could have been a fluke, I don't know, ball pythons can be finicky. It's not particularly scientific, just something I observed. I have some snakes who will eat anything I give them, and some who only want live and will turn their nose up at P/K 50% of the time.