Quote Originally Posted by JTrott View Post
I raise my own feeders so mites come from dirty petstores don't apply to me.......and by the way, not all petstores are nasty.....I have been to LOTS of petstores that I would not mind buying from or selling to....they just don't carry things that I want/need.

I have raised probably thousands of snakes over the past 10 years, and maintain a collection of just over 150, and have never had a snake get attacked/chewed up by a rat.......maybe that is because I take care of my rats the same, if not better than my snakes......I have the understanding that you only get out what you are putting in......just because I don't have almost 2000 posts in 4 months doesn't mean that I don't know what I am talking about.

We can argue/debate all day who is right, and who is wrong, and whos opinion is better, but in the end of the day it is all just opinions. No matter how you feed your snakes, it is up to you to do it in a responsible way......

Good day to everyone,
Jason
I apologize. I realize what i may have said sounded rude. I was just being sarcastic lol. As i suspected you DO have a ton of experience with snakes and feeding live. You also raise your own rats which make a huge difference. I respect that. BUT i dont think someone who is new to snakes should be doing the same thing as you. Theyll think that they can just get a rat from a petstore and drop it in the tank and forget about it. That may sound absurd to you bc you have alot of experience and know thats a really bad idea, but i gurantee there are people out there that would try it. And the number of posts someone has, has nothing to do with how much they know. I wasnt trying to sound like a know it all.