Quote Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion View Post
I only feed live to my snakes that absolutely refuse everything else--and I stun any older rodents that get fed. Yes, they most certainly can and will damage the snakes. My live-eaters already have a few minor scars because they just don't grab the rodent right each time. (The albinos are particularly bad about it, and I have to balance offering them unconscious prey--which the female wants to turn her nose up at, since it doesn't move--and getting the betadine ready if the rodent isn't out of it enough, and bites).
There just isn't time to get forceps in there to intervene if the snake wraps the rodent with the rodent's mouth against its body. (I keep trying, but those two just won't take prekilled--or even live off of forceps, and it's been a year).
Have you ever just tried offering non-stunned animals, not on the forceps to your snakes?

I would imagine a stunned animal that's coming out of the fog would be far more angry and likely to bite than one that's not. Especially one that finds itself on the end of forceps.

I wouldn't know from personal experience, since I don't stun and only feed live. But I also don't have a problem with injuries to my collection. I've been feeding live prey for over three years to my collection, and none of them are scarred.