Live Feeding: Drop or Dangle?

[rabernet]

If the snake does not hit head first then you need to kill the rat before it begins biting at your specimen. To increase the odds of a good hit, I usually place the prey on all fours, hold the rodent's tail with a pair of tongs, and guide it slowly toward the snake.

Interesting.....over 5K live feedings, I've never had to intervene, or guide the prey to the snake, direct hit or not. No injuries in all those live feedings either.