Swallowing rat while rat is alive..

[Alter-Echo]

Switch to frozen thawed as soon as possible mate. It's a complete myth that some snakes will only feed on live - here in the UK live feeding is illegal so all of our snakes feed on f/t with no problem at all. No family with a BP feeds live here at all because it's not culturally acceptable. It's always possible to switch them over to f/t, you just have to use certain techniques. Things such as braining, following a live feeder with f/t etc.

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I beg to differ, I have an adult female bp that went from eating ft to only accepting live. I tried to get her to eat ft again and she refused food for 8 months until I offered live, took it in an instant. I suppose I could have tried ft another 8 months, but honestly I got sick of watching her lose weight.

I certainly prefer ft for convenience and safety, but there are snakes that will only take live, ball pythons in particular it seems.