need advice for the live/frozen-thawed switch

[Webley]

your wife does realize the Frozen rodents were once alive right? why does it matter if they are put down by the snake vs. a co2 chamber?

Dead is dead, no matter how it happens!

I feel that it is just inhumane to the prey. I have no problem with nature in the raw but this is captivity. I would rather be put down with Co2 than be thrown to a painful and brutal death. It is just as easy to feed f/t as it is to feed live. Any excuse like, "my snake doesn't take f/t," is a cop out. I would rather put in the extra effort to ensure safety for my animals, and know that I'm not putting any animal through extreme pain before death.

[Marrissa]

I feel that it is just inhumane to the prey. I have no problem with nature in the raw but this is captivity. I would rather be put down with Co2 than be thrown to a painful and brutal death. It is just as easy to feed f/t as it is to feed live. Any excuse like, "my snake doesn't take f/t," is a cop out. I would rather put in the extra effort to ensure safety for my animals, and know that I'm not putting any animal through extreme pain before death.

I don't think so. My clown girl refused F/T no matter what. Weighing a whopping 110g I didn't want to hold out longer than the month and half she went without eating. Offered live and she ate. Now she won't even eat live. So yes there are some snakes that won't switch. Heck this snake won't even eat at all right now. :/

From what others have said the squeezing releases endorphins which lessens the pain. The rodents die rather quickly.