I don't feed live, but how do you legislate against a natural prey/predator relationship? They prefer the slow death of a starving snake that refuses to eat F/T? Seems a bit silly to waste time of legislature in such a manner. How do they know the deaths of the rats is humane prior to shipping? Ehhh, well anyways im off topic a bit. Gorgeous snakes! I love your blaze combos, haven't seen many.