Quote Originally Posted by mcavana View Post
Lets settle this thing once and for all.

You should not leave your snake alone with a live rat or mouse. The Rat / Mouse should not be bigger around then the thickest part of your snake. If you drop the rodent in, and watch to make sure your snake kills it within 20 minutes, the rodent will not hurt your snake.

So here is the question. Has anyones snake ever been bitten during the struggle of the snake constricting the rodent? If your snake was bitten, was it a cut that quickly healed? Did it leave a scar? If so, please post a picture of the scar as proof for all to see.

I belive it is perfectly safe to feed snakes live rodents as long as it is done correctly. Prove me wrong if you can.

Mike
Mike, we aren't going to "settle this once and for all" in any thread any where on any forum on the net and no one is likely going to "prove" anything one way or the other.

In the end this site supports all responsible feeding decisions when it comes to type of prey or method of presenting that prey for feeding. That's one of the many things that makes BPNet a very special place, as far as I'm concerned.