No reason for switching to live other than its what I am comfortable doing and have never fed F/T. Obtaining live rats would not be an issue. I have never fed with tongs before and that sorta scares me. Do I just dangle it in front of her? How often should a bp that size eat and shed? lol guess I should start feeding Jimmy something other than love lmao . But, I like him more than I like most people and treat him better than I do most people.