treating rat bite..

[spix14]

So your snakes won't eat frozen?

[jknudson]

So your snakes won't eat frozen?

Not everyone cares to feed frozen thawed prey, its all a matter of personal choice.

I feed some of my snakes F/T to supplement the cost of live (live foods around here are much more expensive) if they will accept it, however with 20+ snakes and the time it takes to feed I would much rather find a solid source for live (which will likely end up being myself).

When I kept ASF for a short while I did notice that my colony was ultra aggressive and would rush my snakes, very nippy little buggers, and I wanted the peace of mind that my snakes wouldn't be attacked by their prey items, so I switched back to regular appropriate sized rats without issue.

And yes, neosporin without the pain meds...

[spix14]

Well, I understand that. I just thought most people chose to feed f/t to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Whatever flats your snake's boat though I guess.

[jknudson]

Well, I understand that. I just thought most people chose to feed f/t to prevent this kind of thing from happening. Whatever flats your snake's boat though I guess.

Inappropriately sized prey is generally the cause of feeding mishaps, generally because the snake cannot constrict the prey properly.

There are a lot of reasons one might choose either prey type, to each their own, and like you said whatever the snake will accept.

[ADEE]

Inappropriately sized prey is generally the cause of feeding mishaps, generally because the snake cannot constrict the prey properly.

There are a lot of reasons one might choose either prey type, to each their own, and like you said whatever the snake will accept.

we usually feed mice and have not had this problem before. according to my DH he said Cam got the asfr at an awkward position leaving its mouth open for attack against the snake. (near its tail instead of mid body or even behind head) it didnt leave a mark and shes fine thsi morning thankfully. we are just going to keep to mice though. we feed live because so far cameron has refused F/T although that could be in part by us doing it wrong (we havnt mastered the zombie mouse dance) thawing, warming, exc is more work than just dropping a couple mice in. when you have seven snakes and each eats at least two mice it would be terribly time consuming to feed each one f/t. if we could drop it in front of their hide and them eat that would be one thing but we have lazy eaters (cam as the exception, she has an amazing feeding response but still refuses f/t)