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rwoodyer
at Tue May 2 20:07:35 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rwoodyer ]
If they say they do, you might want to look somewhere else. If they are going to lie about that, what else might they be lying about? You should at least ask to see the snake bing fed F/T...And still, what is better about F/T???
I am pretty objective about this, I was trying to convert everything to F/T and I thought it was definitely better when I first started. I mean it is cheaper (unless you breed your own rodents), no chance of damage to your snake, no live rodents to keep track of. Hoever, reality set in after about a year. Freezing and thawing is a major PAIN. After thawing out mice or rats five or six at a time only to have 4 go to waste (after a couple of freeze thaw cycles, they are pretty nasty), after watching my snakes refuse most of their meals, and after spending almost twice per meal consumed, I decided to make the switch to live. I'm glad I did, that is why I have a few 04s that are currently gravid, they would have never been big enough being picky eaters with F/T. As soon as I switched to live, they started eating almost every meal, 90% of the time instead of 40% of the time...
Anyway, most younger snakes can be switched to F/T with no problems, so unless you are buying an adult, I don't really see the difference.
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most larger breeders don't feed F/T - rwoodyer, Tue May 2 20:07:35 2006