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    Rat scratched my snake's eye, please help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ratikal View Post
    Live vs frozen debate...
    This is a matter of personal preference and convienence in my opinion! If people in the UK or Europe are against feeding "live" meals because of whatever reason, my only advice is, don't domesticate natural evolution of a super predator. Get a turtle or some fish...
    Personally, how do you know your frozen feed is being processed under sanitary and healthy conditions? A diseased colony will freeze the same as healthy animals!
    Yes, there are advantages but there are also disadvantages too...that can be said for both sides! In this case, the snake owner made the #1 mistake of leaving a live "feed" animal alone with his/her pet. Now you can see a major disadvantage to feeding live prey. The snake suffers the most. Since there has been no update, this poor animal is probably being neglected by not getting veterinary attention right away. I treat all my pets like children and would never let my pet go days with a popped eye ball, regardless of what instruction is given by under-educated online advice by other pet owners.
    I personally feed "live" stunned rodents and I ALWAYS STAY IN ATTENDANCE UNTIL THE PREY IS INGESTED!!
    I will be switching to frozen once I find a reputable supplier in my area that I can trust. Its more convenient and safer for my snakes. By feeding live, I can see whether my snakes are getting "healthy" prey as meals!

    It's the owner's choice to feed live and I keep reading how it's safe if you're ' in attendance ' and watching in case something goes wrong BUT I've also seen many accounts stating how easy it us and that they feed live rats to 30, 40, or more consecutively so how do they closely watch 40+ live feeders ???
    Last edited by Zincubus; 12-25-2016 at 04:59 PM.




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