It's about
Being knowledgeable regarding your choices.
Feeding responsibly.
Feeding what work for you and your snakes
Feeding what is most convenient.
When my collection was under 10 snakes I was feeding F/T exclusively, at the time it was not worth the hassle to deal with live rodents whether it was having to go and buy them weekly or start breeding, so I was buying rats in bulk and always had what I needed.
Of course the collection grew and I started hatching snakes therefore I started to feel the need to start breeding my own feeders.
Feeding live is fast and convenient and anything uneaten goes back to their enclosures rather than the trash if I was feeding F/T
There are still some animal that I feed F/T, my hognose (so I don't keep too many mice for too long), my blood who eat all the retired rats I store in my freezer, and my bulls and hondos who eats whatever surplus I need gone, and very few BP.
This way I feed what is convenient but also never have a surplus of animals that are too large to be fed as they are euthanized and froze.
Anyway find what works for you and what you are comfortable with.
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