**GRAPHIC** Reminder to always monitor live feedings!!!

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I am sorry but there is more to it than not watching a snake while feeding, that what many people would like other to believe and this is why they are pushing the F/T agenda and you are falling right for it.

I have been breeding both snakes and rodents for a decade and I can assure you that responsible live feeding can be done safely and this is not responsible live feeding, not even a always monitor feeding warning.

Rodents don't just attack a snake and shred it to pieces exposing flesh and bones, that happens when a feeder is starved and dehydrated and then left hours or but more often days with a snake, of course no one will admit that, they would rather say "look this what happen when you feed live or don't monitor feeding"

When you feed live th majority of the time If not snatched before hitting the cage floor the feeder will go in a corner, groom itself and fall asleep and has not time to inflict such damage when left 10 to 15 min with a snake.

I wish people would think before posting pictures like that (thinking they help others by doing so) that type of picture always have a back story whether the owner admits it or not.

You don't educate people trying to scare them off with pictures that are not representative.

As the owner of a single BP who refuses F/T, I second this from my limited experience. I saw that picture floating around on FB today and immediately thought, time to try F/T again. However, reading Deborah's comment, her experiences have been very similar to mine. The live feeders I buy get put into a small cardboard box, which I place in my T-8 as soon as I get home. I know within five minutes whether Monty is interested or not judging by if he comes out of his hide. There are sometimes where the rat needs to run around the cage a little bit in order to attract the necessary attention. 9 out of ten times the rat hangs out in a corner until Monty strikes or until it is removed. Knowing your animal helps a lot with this. There is a lot more to this story than being put out there.