How Big are Your Balls?
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AW2EOD;1938981; said:
I feed live and not a single one of my snakes has a single scar...I'd say "improper/unsupervised" live feeding is a better way to put it.
FWIW, I once saw a boa with an abcess in its mouth from being nicked by rat tooth as it was being swallowed...a f/t rat...no method is 100% safe....
Didn't mean to derail the thread...just gets under my skin when people say things like "it was scarred because the owner fed live," which is basically the same thing as saying "a guy got into a car crash because he drives." It can be done safely every day if done in a responsible way. If you are not careful or reckless, then bad things can happen.
Yeah...but why take the chance, especially when your snake gets bigger and gets bigger prey?
I've fed live before, closely monitored and the rat has still bitten one of my Burms. That was the last time I ever fed live and will never do it again.
You feed live and you see the prey biting the snake? What do you do? Attempt to take the prey away? That's only going to cause added stress to your snake and possibly you getting bitten.
MUCH, MUCH safer to feed fresh kill. It's not hard to take a live rat, thump it on the head, to knock it out and feed. It's still warm, has a heart beat and your snake knows no difference...and, there's not a chance of injury to your snake.
IMO, feeding fresh kill, or weening your snake to eat frozen, is being a responsible keeper. Every rescue I have has numerous scars from feeding live. The snakes that I've raised, not a single one has even one scar.
I've fed live before, closely monitored and the rat has still bitten one of my Burms. That was the last time I ever fed live and will never do it again.
You feed live and you see the prey biting the snake? What do you do? Attempt to take the prey away? That's only going to cause added stress to your snake and possibly you getting bitten.
MUCH, MUCH safer to feed fresh kill. It's not hard to take a live rat, thump it on the head, to knock it out and feed. It's still warm, has a heart beat and your snake knows no difference...and, there's not a chance of injury to your snake.
IMO, feeding fresh kill, or weening your snake to eat frozen, is being a responsible keeper. Every rescue I have has numerous scars from feeding live. The snakes that I've raised, not a single one has even one scar.
