The only 100% way to prevent bites is to feed f/t or prekilled prey...
I wouldn't say I'm totally against feeding live. Out of my collection, my Pied ball will ONLY eat live rats, end of story. He's only about 300 grams and is a 2011 animal... I have been trying prekilled and f/t for months to no avail.
But again, I have seen my fair share of psychotic rats so I prefer something that is dead for that reason. I bought a small rat for my Pied once, and it absolutely would not stop jumping every time he struck; screaming and biting me when I picked it up too. I had a gut feeling that it would injure my snake. I ended up killing it myself and feeding it to someone else. I don't want to risk my prized animals getting scars, or worse!
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