I have never fed Hissy live. However, a BP that a friend of mine used to have ate live. He was only eating mice & they were "thumped" or whatever you want to say. Well, after a semester full of no problems, I went to visit my pal & Diablo (the BP) that next semester. Well, Diablo had a chunk taken out of his face! I asked Matt (the owner) what happened. He said one of the "thumped" mice came to life as Diablo was eating him & bit the side of his face during constriction. After that I knew I would never feed a snake live.

I feed F/T mice (switching to rats soon) & she eats them like a machine! I really cannot think of anything good that comes out of feeding live especially when there are SO MANY advantages to feeding F/T!