Is live feeding really that bad?

[John1982]

i feel you on the whole WILD talk, because snakes aren't fed frozen/thawed food in the wild, so LIVE prey all day for my babies.. Gives them that whole im still in AFRICA type feel and not in a container know what i'm saying?...that's just me though..

Kind of missed my point, ECechoHO - surely my fault posting so late on a week night without my wits about me. Plenty of snakes in the wild go for inanimate prey so long as it smells like food. I just feel like if we're going to be responsible for these critters in captivity we should, at a minimum, offer the serpent equivalent of 3 hots and a cot. That means setting aside your distaste and feeding live when you have to - even if it's just until you can convert an animal to f/t without putting them through the wringer first. I think this thread is a pretty good testament that feeding live, responsibly, is safe for the snake and not the horror show it's sometimes made to be for the prey.