Benefits of live feeding?

[Slim]

Ugh I hate this forum. The simplest question turns into animosity.
I'm out. Thanks for the info.

What great animosity are you seeing in this thread? I've considered it an interesting discussion. Must we agree on everything? That would be pretty boring if you ask me...

You know most nature shows stage things like that. Every wonder why the crab doesn't get away from the hungry fish in the brightly lit clear water? Because he's tied to a string or dropped in front of the fish. Do you think the cows, pigs, and chickens you eat died a humane and painless death in a CO2 chamber?

You pretty much re-made Rob's point with this post...

the act of hunting, constricting and swallowing a live animal is much more intense for the snake then just constricting and swallowing a f/t animal.

I am very interested in seeing the data you have to back up this statement.

It sucks but you really can't say the sky is blue on this forum without counting on someone to argue with about the shade and hue.

From where I'm sitting, the sky is awfully grey today...

[Amon Ra Reptiles]

What great animosity are you seeing in this thread? I've considered it an interesting discussion. Must we agree on everything? That would be pretty boring if you ask me...





You pretty much re-made Rob's point with this post...





I am very interested in seeing the data you have to back up this statement.





From where I'm sitting, the sky is awfully grey today...

Perfect example

[Slim]

Perfect example

[PsychD_Student]

Link explaining this logical fallacy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

[The Serpent Merchant]

Zombie thread alert...

[shelby9189]

My husband and I tried f/t with my first one he would never take them. The min we tried live he took it, it is just kinda what ever works best for you and your snake. My current snake takes live which is fine but the previous owner fed 2 at a time Ill feed him 2 just not at once so there for got to find something to keep the other mouse in. Either way there is going to be a downfall to 1 or the other lol I say stick with what ya got like someone else said if it aint broke dont fix it

[Ryan Chin]

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.

This I find to be the only downside of feeding live, the prey will urinate, possibly defecate before eaten. Though i'm fairly certain it has no ill effects towards the snake as long as regular maintenance is in order I find it quite gross if the prey does happen to defecate or urinate on the snake.

On that note I probably will feed live until I start breeding my own rats and have the surplus to mess around with switching over to F/T. I've tried F/T and personally feel the route of live is more efficient in terms of convenience. Reason being thawing out rats is just not my thing it's gross, I much prefer watching the kill.

One other point I might make is that when it comes to any kind of food, what do we as humans prefer? Only the freshest am I correct? I'm no chef but I could tell you for a fact I could tell when my meat has been frozen or not, I much prefer the latter. So for the sake of giving your snake a better meal to enjoy why not go live?

Then again they don't really chew their food...

But that's still how I look at it.

Once I start breeding I would probably freeze my own rats just because I'll likely be producing a surplus of them.

[RoseyReps]

Zombie thread alert...

'Tis the season

[cinch]

Just want to point out that unless you guys are grilling up those rats they are technically raw.

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[Mike41793]

Just want to point out that unless you guys are grilling up those rats they are technically raw.

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Live and f/t rodents are raw.