All but two of my snakes eat f/t and it's my preferred feeding method. It's convenient for me and I can buy in bulk when I need to. The horror stories you hear about is from irresponsible feeding: when people leave a feeder in unattended with the snakes for long periods of time. Feeding live is safe as long as you supervise the feeding. I would buy a f/t feeder somewhere and see if your snake will take f/t before buying a whole bunch in bulk from somewhere. I heat up my f/t feeders with a hairdryer to ~100 degrees and offer with success.