Quote Originally Posted by VFT
1. The local pet shop charges $4-7 for a rat and they never have anything large. So as you can see I can do much better on Frozen online.
There's no reason to ever feed a ball python a large rat no matter how big it is. My biggest girls (the monsters) only get small rats.

Also, I pay well under $1 a rat at the quantities I buy, so it's actually cheaper for me to buy live.

Do you know what a pain in the dumper it would be to thaw a couple hundred rodents each week? I don't even know where I'd lay them out???

Quote Originally Posted by VFT
Live has its purpose, let’s not forget ball pythons don’t go to a freezer in the wild.
Exactly, ball pythons are instinctively live feeders. They have to be trained to eat dead prey. That's why for many people, F/T is out of the question.

Quote Originally Posted by VFT
My recommendation is try to get your animals on F/T, but if they refuse and prefer live then give them live.
Exactly, feed you animal what it will eat.

-adam