My neighbor worked exclusively with reptiles at the Saint Louis zoo. She said they feed live prey when it is smaller and fresh killed when the prey is bigger. She didn't have exact reasons to explain why they feed this way but I guess it's good enough for me.

She told me to make sure the prety doesn't bite the face or spine of the snake. I usually make sure that my snakes don't get bitten at all by locating the prey's head after constriction and moving it if needed.
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• Frozen vs. Live - kwnbee, Mon Oct 30 09:57:40 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - toshamc, Mon Oct 30 10:08:24 2006
• beat me to it :P np - morphevolutions, Mon Oct 30 10:13:08 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - morphevolutions, Mon Oct 30 10:12:15 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - jmartin104, Mon Oct 30 10:48:31 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - rwoodyer, Mon Oct 30 12:33:03 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - j3nnay, Mon Oct 30 11:09:28 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - brianray, Mon Oct 30 13:48:25 2006
• RE: Frozen vs. Live - morphed, Tue Oct 31 08:23:54 2006
• So know I know, but - kwnbee, Wed Nov 1 16:10:12 2006