Everything that hilabeans and bcr229 said.
On top of that, do we really need more bad press? It doesn't matter if its fair or right, reptile keepers are constantly under attack of more rules and laws to have our hobby taken away from us. The last thing we need is to give people more ammunition.
Live cats could seriously damage any snake, even a large one. Their bites are deep punctures that almost always get infected and their claws can do quite a bit of slicing. Feral and abandoned cats are also not well taken care off usually and carry a large parasite load.
Why take the risk?
Former pet cats that WERE well taken care off either have a lot of meds in their system (some take a very long time to completely get metabolized) and they are still posing a danger from injuries plus how were they put down? Euthanized makes them unsafe to feed off. And I'm not even going to go there with pre killing a cat to make them safe for snakes.
Cats are beloved companion animals that get very attached to human beings. I never could/would do it and the backlash this would create on our hobby would be insane.
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