Feeding Live VS Frozen

[dakski]

I hate frozen. I fed it twice this week. Thats a long story so i'll stick to the thread. What your feeding now is ok, really no risk as pups. As soon as you move up to the next size it can be a problem. I feed Rats and ASF's and i gas them all first. (Fresh kill) Ive seen the rats teeth get stuck on a plastic hide and actually leave marks. That would go threw a snake like a hot knife threw butter. It isnt that the snake cant constrict it fast enough, its that while gasping for air the Rats open and close their mouth and their teeth bite down on anything as they struggle. You also have Rats that will fight to death also.. With all of that said, nothing to be is worth a injury to your snake and Vet visit. Thats would stress me out beyond belief. These Snakes are my buddies.
I also breed my own Rats for feeders and have 4 as pets also.. Ive seen the damage they can do and its no joke. A Rat bite is 20 times worse than a Ball Python bite.
Try Fresh Kill if frozen isn't something you want to do. Frozen is nasty as hell i think, but crazy cost effective. Mine will take frozen as long as they are 100 degrees.. So its a option for most healthy snakes that have a good living environment. My2Cents


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Yeah, good points CalmPythons. F/T is much cheaper and pre-killed isn't a bad option. It can also help if you are trying to switch a snake to F/T.

Yeah, I really don't like rodents (I don't want them to suffer, but I don't like them very much) and I would take a snake bite over a rodent bite any day. I had a pet gerbil when I was little kid. What a jerk. He enjoyed drawing blood!