Is live feeding really that bad?

[se7en]

remember pizza rat making the news a week back?

well, before that there was ice cream rat.

waffle cones are tasty, but i prefer cup, as it's less messy. i'm often on the move, so i'm always driving somewhere.

[Zincubus]

waffle cones are tasty, but i prefer cup, as it's less messy. i'm often on the move, so i'm always driving somewhere.

The thread title refers to LIVE feeding not DRIVE feeding

[Reinz]

the thread title refers to live feeding not drive feeding

:d:d:d

[Ax01]

waffle cones are tasty, but i prefer cup, as it's less messy. i'm often on the move, so i'm always driving somewhere.

The thread title refers to LIVE feeding not DRIVE feeding

oh ok, I thought for awhile there that this thread was about h00blah and his hair.

[Zincubus]

:d:d:d

What does :d mean incidentally ??

[wolfy-hound]

how about this?








h00blah does have long flowing hair tho, so it might be easy to confuse. lol

I have to point out that a ratsicle with a stick is just silly. What do you think the tail is for? Built in all organic natural handle, of course.

[Jamiesniper]

Personally I would prefer to feed live, but that's not possible for me as it's hard to get live rodents in Ireland unless you breed your own.

When you feed live, you know the food is fresh and hasn't been sitting in a freezer for weeks.

I think every snake owner should be prepared to feed live if the snakes life depends on it,
Live feeding should always be supervised.


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[Zincubus]

Personally I would prefer to feed live, but that's not possible for me as it's hard to get live rodents in Ireland unless you breed your own.

When you feed live, you know the food is fresh and hasn't been sitting in a freezer for weeks.

I think every snake owner should be prepared to feed live if the snakes life depends on it,
Live feeding should always be supervised.


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That said I wouldn't keep snakes if they were LIVE feeders as I just couldn't do it .

The funny thing is over all the years I've been keeping snakes of all types including Cape File snakes , Boas , Burms , Kings , Milks , Garters , Rhino Ratsnakes , Bamboo Ratsnakes , Corns and over thirty Royals ....... I've never had one single snake that wouldn't take defrosted frozen mice / rats so I'm puzzled as to why there are apparently so many snakes out there who simply HAVE to eat LIVE food .

Just to be clear here .. .. I'm not judging anyone just expressing a view .

[treaux]

Maybe I'm the only one, but I find it way nastier to thaw out dead bodies and heat them up rather than just let nature take place. One is like watching the discovery channel while the other is like working in the morgue.

[J3554]

I keep mostly Corn Snakes. Just starting out with Balls. Or.. a ball I should say.

I have much more experience feeding f/t than live. I have done both. My corns eat f/t easily and honestly.. it's convenient and cheap.

Not opposed to feeding live though. Would never feed wild caught rodents, that's my exception. Perfectly fine with healthy bred feeders though. I just got a BP and he is in his settling in period. When I do attempt to feed him I will feed live because I know that's what he's experienced before. If he switches to f/t great. If not.. live it will be.

The most important part for me is that the feeders are healthy and consistent. I'm lucky that there's a local shop I can go to who breed their own mice (I don't prefer to do it myself, rodents are.. well.. gross). I know that they are fed well and nutritiously. I know roughly how many grams the mice will be. I know they will be consistent. THAT to me is more important than live vs. f/t.

Also, from what you guys are describing, sounds like snakes may well injure themselves/ their partners with "love bites" more during mating than live feeding!