Quote Originally Posted by Crowfingers View Post
I'm feeding live (99% of the time) - I have a friend that raises feeders for her own collection, but there has been a time or two when she didn't have and of the smaller pinkies. As fast as he's growing it shouldn't be too long before that won't matter as much. I have f/t as back up too. Luckily he's never even hesitated to eat and does not seem picky as to if it's live or not
Rat snakes are pretty smart about accepting f/t prey, but he just needs to stay in practice (with live prey) if he's going to be wild again, so he doesn't get hurt. (Are you sure you'll be able to part with him? LOL)