Niek: The advice you are getting from the others does not seem to be registering, & I can't figure out why. You have snakes that you paid good money for. Most, if not all, will accept pre-killed prey items. Pre-killed prey items will not cause damage to your snakes.
Live prey items are certainly capable of that, even not quite weaned mice. You do not have to feed a supply of mice & rats that are stored in the freezer. Buying them in large quantities is cheaper.
One other thing: If you ever expect to sell any of your snakes, you will have to greatly reduce the price for any that are scarred.

With all that said, for the safety of your snakes, as well as for economic reasons, feeding pr-killed is much better than feeding live.

~~Greg~~

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