I start my babies on live mice fuzzies or rat pinks which ever I have at the time. After about 5-6 good feedings I hold back food for a few weeks then offer FT and I've had almost 100% switch to FT this way. Most of my BP collection (about 40 total) feed on FT. I do have 2 larger females that take live meals a few times after their winter fast but go back to FT soon after. This has worked for me for 20yrs+ and the babies that need assist feeding never take live after they start feeding on their own. A live rodent scares the crap out of them LOL. I've had rats give some bad bites to snakes that didn't grab them just right so FT works best for me. I also feed fresh kill once in a while but not very often. If I receive a mouse feeder I switch them to rats ASAP, this has not been a problem for me.

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