Please be careful here. Feeding live, when done correctly, is perfectly safe. If feeding f/t works better for you then that's fine, and feel free to expound on you're successes at feeding f/t. (It works great for me) There are hazards to feeding f/t as well. The object of this forum is to provide as much helpful info as possible. There are many who feed live without any issues. Those feedings where a snake is badly injured or killed, happen when people feed incorrectly and irresponsibly.