Oh, ok. I never knew about any of that. Thank you for the info. If I do feed live, i'll just pay close attention to the snake, and if it's not interested, take the prey out of the cage after 20 - 30 minutes. I'm still not sure which method i'll be doing until I get the snake. If it's feeding fine on live, then i'll continue that method, and might start breeding my own feeders if I have enough snakes to supply that. If not, I can find someone locally that breeds them and go that route.
I do have cats that might consider it a snack, but i'd be more worried about the snake being able to eat first. Plus, I don't want to put the mouse/rat through any more pain than is necessary.

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Oh, and if you do end up going with live, don't stun it. Just learn how to feed live properly and your snake will be fine. Stunning the mouse/rat is much more cruel. You can end up not hitting hard enough to stun it.... OUCH poor mouse. Or you can end up stunning it, but not enough that it stays stunned until the snake eats it. Then you end up with a hurt and therefore far more dangerous mouse in with your snake. Or you can end up hitting it too hard and killing it, and if your snake is truly a "live food only" type that won't even take a fresh kill, then you've wasted that life, unless you have something else to do with a dead mouse.