I bought a normal ball yeaterday....i was saving for a spider (from the same place) and going to get said spider....

i WATCHED a rat literally eat a hole onto this snake

i now own a normal, ingured ball that I did not have the heart to leave....with a hole in it's head ( i would show photos but he's resting comfortably and I think he's had enough stress for awhile)

I have always fed live...had a nibble now and then but nothing that the next shed didn't take cae of

funny you should post this...i honeatly think that the conditions the feeders are kept in plays ALOT into what happens to the snakes...especially depending on the circumstances on how the rodent was kept....

do i think this rat would have eaten a hole in this snake had it been fed and watered properly? no, probably not

i feed live...will the snake be bitten like that again?...highly doubt it...but then again, my feeders live "better than I do"....my animals always come first....

you just cannot have a cut any dry answer without taking into consideration facts from each circumstance.....not possible

I'll be glad to post pics when he feels safe enough to poke his pretty little face out