[Rainfrog]

It is not hard to change live feeding snakes to Frozzen thawed it just takes patience. I dont give a damn about PETA and their thoughts on the ethical tratment of rodents and bugs. What I do care about is the health and well being of my animals. It doesnt realy mater when they are eating pinks fuzzies or even hoppers (except it will make it harder to switch on a n older snake) but when you start feeding large aware mice and rats to your beloved pet it can become very dangerous. If your snake is not hungry at the moment the rodent can snack on him. If a adult mouse or even small rat bites in self defense your animal could be injures badly. Do a search on google and I garantee the images will make you queesy. in the wild most snakes would have the jump on unexpecting prey. in a tank or tub your animal is in the open with an animal that will know it is there and have no escape. I have seen snakes with their eyes eaten out, lips bitten off, spine exposed or even broken by rodent bites. I feed pre-killed frozen thawed prey for the safety of my animals. I use tongs to shake the food items infront of the snakes and even give it a tug or 2 when they first bite. if I have a snake that wont eat for too long a time I will dip the head of the prey in some warm chicken stock. Hope this made sense, sorry for the bad spelling