i feed F/T. its so much easier and cheaper. since mine are babies, i paid $20 for enough mice to feed them for 5mo, thats not bad if you ask me i throw their mice on top of the baby brooder to thaw out, it makes them nice and warm my boas have always been fed F/T though, not sure how they would react to a live mouse being thrown in there. me being a worry-wart, i dont think i could do live, too scared of those mean little rodents hurting my snakes, its just not worth it to me. who knows, a live rat might never hurt my snakes, or it might happen more than once to any one snake, you never know.....

another thing....i HATE how the rodents smell, yuck!! they constantly pee and poop, i do NOT wanna smell that all the time i know all pee and poop smells, but these guys seem like the potty times never end....LOL