Is live feeding really that bad?

[Zincubus]

Zincubus, there is a risk but it is very, very rare, as you can see by reading the posts. There are going to be instances where a snake gets injured by it's prey, even less common getting a permanent wound or a fatal blow. If you read these posts, you can still believe you think frozen is better - that is fine. Everyone has their opinion but you are laying yours down on us like if you feed your snake live the prey is going to pull out a M80 and start blowing your snake to smithereens. The least your snake is MOST LIKELY to get is a little bite/scratch that will heal in a matter of days or in the next shed. That's all there is to it. If you read the posts, leaving your snake unsupervised for too long or leaving the prey in the tank overnight can deliver some marks, possibly worse than just a cut. But if you watch over and if the snake doesn't eat you just take the animal out - you'll be fine.

Frozen is good is it has many advantages.
Live is also good and it has many advantages.

Both of them have their downsides.

Frozen may be contaminated if bought be an untrustworthy company or it was induced to death by medication, toxins, etc, or has fallen rotten.
Live may fight against your snake.

Both of these can EASILY be avoided.

Both ways are good, I'm not going against any. My question was: Is live really that bad? Because I've been seeing a lot of people saying like in your first post - it'll rip your snake's eyes out. But that isn't the case, which I suspected and all of these people have the proof for it.

There's no need to keep fighting about this.

Nice , fairly balanced post which is reassuring ... the issue of the potential damage to their eyes is an obvious weakness though . I badly scratched eye or one pierced by teeth can and does happen .... no I've never witnessed it but as I said before even though I've never been there I know the Sun is damned HOT.

When you've got a terrified , creature with teeth and sharp claws that's cornered in a confined space and your precious snake is approaching ... the eyes are so vulnerable .. and yes there are an infinite number of evidential photos online .

Anyways all that was to enlighten anyone who was unsure of the potential risks to their snakes .

My main reason is that I LOVE every living thing . I've said before how when I'm out dog walking or jogging and I see a worm or a slug struggling across a pavement / sidewalk I pick them up and drop them in a safe place even though I abhor slug slime . I just couldn't imagine how people drop a cute little mouse or baby rat into its death . That's just how SOME of us are though . It doesn't make us better or worse than anyone else so there's no point someone now saying I'm being all self righteous as I'm not . It's just how I am . I realise that the frozen mice have been killed but thing is ... I DIDN'T KILL IT .. so that is how I'm able to live with the idea of feeding rodents to my snakes .

Last little point - as apparently only things I've witnessed myself are considered as legitimate ... a few weeks ago when I was buying a couple frozen XL rats for my beautiful , unscarred , Snow Boa the store assistant actually cut her hand on one of the rats claws - she was really upset and annoyed and she said something about disease and getting the wound infected ..

Seriously . I'm done here for a while . That's why I thought I'd offload a bit in this post .

.. I as I've said .. I never wanted to upset or anger anyone it's just me being me ( maybe a bit of being British as well - as live feeding is completely frowned upon over here - thankfully )

Regards