Maybe I'm a bit late with my post, but I was offline for a while. It's not always a question of ethics. I'm in the situation where I don't have choice, and I MUST feed F/T. In my country the live feeding is illegal. Unless I drive to an other country to buy some live mice or rats, or I try to find a dealer in my area and buy the little rodents like illegal drugs, I cannot get just frozen. Easy or not, the hatchlings must start with them.