If you buy your mice, not breed them, you won't know if the mouse has been eating or not. If you do happen to pick up a mouse that hasn't been eating, and leave it unattended with the snake, this is something that could happen. I used to feed live, and I made sure to watch and see Calliope actually kill the rodent before leaving her unattended with it. I know that rodents won't instantly just start eating and picking away at the flesh and muscles of the snake, but you don't know the mouse's back story if you buy it therefore you shouldn't leave it unattended for an extended period of time. This won't happen every time but it can happen. If you breed your own rodents and know the feeder had been eating well, then you're a lot more safe, but I myself wouldn't leave the live rodent alone unattended. Just be careful when you know nothing about the rodent, be responsible, that's all it really takes. I didn't switch to f/t just because of rodent injuries to snakes, I know that can happen, but it was also because of financial reasons. I still feed love from time to time too, I'm just really careful when I do it, and I think that's the message of this post. Just be careful.


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