The Hot Debate: Live vs f/t [

[Stewart_Reptiles]

BP can be fed live safely since we are talking about BP, It's about being educated on various feeding technics so it can be done safely based on that particular species.

It's not about scaring people with pictures or regurgitated stories that do not reflect responsible live feeding, it's not about judgement which pro F/T feeders pass to people that feed live yet you do not see that in reverse, and it's not about that never fed live or might have done it twice pushing their views based based on their limited experience.

It's about hand on experience and EDUCATION

I have probably fed over 50K of live feeders over the years with no issues, why? Because I feed what works and because there are rules and principals that can help ensure those results.

So it is about what is safe for the animal (not all animals should be fed live), and convenient for the owner based on his knowledge and understanding (not all people should be feeding live either).

Let's keep in mind that even feeding F/T can have risks if not done properly and just like with live those risk are minimum if fed responsibly. (NOTHING in life is risk free)

My take is that I feed everything live, f/t, rats, mice that's what what a responsible snake owner does he does what needs to be done.

At any giving time a snake may require live anyone not willing to feed live should not have a snake because it is part of snake ownership.

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I've heard a lot of horror stories of poor BPs that were lazily fed live rodents and left in their enclosure "until they got hungry

That does not reflect responsible live feeding but careless owners that has no business owning a snake and those stories and fears are perpetuated by comments like this and it always start with "I heard horror stories"

I completely understand wanting to give your snake a quality of life with stimulation

Not why it's done, it's about feeding what works

I understand having to breed your own rodents and sometimes being lazy to actually kill it

don't insult

What an assumption, again has nothing to do with it it's about feeding what works and let me tell you anyone that decides to breed rodents is far from being lazy even if only sometimes.

The rodent can fight back or simply bite the snake because it's hungry (they're not very bright honestly, no more brighter than snakes though

.And an hungry rodent should not be fed, again live feeding 101 and step to take when feeding live.

When fed live the feeder will either not have the time to touch the enclosure's floor or it will and groom itself and fall asleep in a corner.