feeding problem

[MeMe]

I am not sure how to safely feed my ball live mice, how do I control how he wraps his body around the mouse? all the times he has gotten bitten he has coiled around the mouse where the mouses mouth is right against his body. How can you control something like that.

my vet told me I shouldnt be feeding him live food due to the danger of bites.
after all I have gone thru with the multiple injurys my ball has gotten from mice bites and as a result of the infection of one of those bite I will never feed him live again.

I feed my red tail frozen and thawed jumbo rats, thank goodness he doesnt have an issue with those he gobbles them up. my ball wont eat frozen but he will eat knocked out mice.

If you can give me some pointers on live feeding I would appreciated it. Thanks

There is NO WAY to 'control' your snake when he is eating. Their nature is to grab and constrict. If the prey is appropriately sized...chances are he is not gonna let the prey get the best of him.

That is your vets opinion. Not a fact.

The only suggestion I would have for you is to make sure you are feeding appropriate sized meals to your snakes.

Since you stated you will never feed live again...what is your question? If you are feeding f/t and it is working then I would stick with it.

ps. I have always fed live and have never had a problem. that is is just my own personal experience. Other people do not like to feed live. To each his own.