Quote Originally Posted by firehop View Post
First off let me state....I have nothing but respect for Adam
i appreciate it, but it's really not necessary ... i've never said that live feeding accidents don't happen or accused anyone that has claimed to have a live feeding accident of lying or being a bad keeper. Accidents happen to EVERYONE ... whether it's a live feeding accident, a thermal burn, an RI, etc ... i don't know ANYONE that is PERFECT ... and if I did, I'd probably be afraid of them ... lol.

I only post my stats to offer my experience with live feeding. There are a lot of people that say that live feeding CAN'T be done safely and I really have to disagree with them based on my experience.

I only hope that my posts offer some sort of comfort to people that would love to feed F/T or P/K but can't because their snake won't take it and are afraid of offering their animals live ... they shouldn't be afraid, because in my experience it can be done safely ... and they shouldn't feel bad about feeding live because someone on the internet says that it's wrong, because it's not.

I encourage each keeper to feed in a way that works for them and their animals ... LIVE, F/T, P/K, whatever ... there are people all over that wouldn't hesitate to take away our rights to keep reptiles as pets ... those are the people that we should be arguing with ... not each other.

-adam