Quote Originally Posted by ama1997 View Post
I feed live I don't like killing anything the snakes in the wild eat live animals. So I feed live animals. Yeah your animal can get bit or worse if feeding live. As long as you watch them feeding live is almost as safe as feeding dead or F/T. So to me I don't see any point in killing the rat/mouse. The snake is designed for catching and killing its food. They have been doing so for how long? Its a snake let it do its thing. Im not getting on anyone for feeding fresh killed or F/T. Everyone does their own thing and it works for them. Anyways thats my thoughts on the whole thing.
Not all snakes in captivity have the ability to kill mice and rats as they would in the wild. ALL of the other 'wild' factors have been eliminated which means feeding live because its the 'natural' thing could become dangerous. It can be done responsibly yes, but you should not consider that the environment you have for your snake is 'wild' because it is not. This is captivity and is much different.
As said before, my corn snake couldn't kill a live mouse and would be bitten to death every week, she's very lazy about it so I feed her f/t and fresh killed.
My ball, I don't know. I have to feed him live to get him back on track, then maybe we can see if he will move to f/t because its conventionally easier for me and a tad bit safer for him. :]