Not tried frozen, heard it is hard to get them to switch. Live seems right even if I don't like it, kind like keeping it natural for her. I had gardner snakes as a kid. My first love, specially since my brothers went..yeck!!! My grandfather taught me how to use a forked stick to catch and pick one up. To handle and respect then, that they eat bugs and such that do gardens harm. Farmer friend. I took my prize to school, in a jar, for show and tale..we kept our treasures in the teachers dest until show time. My jar was empty (lid came off), and when my teacher found out what I was searching for..she went spastic. New rules, nothing live for show time without clearance first. I found my snake, got to keep it in the jar at my desk..which I thought was totally cool.