You're only seeing one side of the feeder issue.

If you feed frozen/thawed food it is more humane to the feeder. It's a LOT cheaper to buy.

You don't have to have rat cates, food, water bottles, bedding etc..

It removes ALL chance of a bite to the snake, whereas just watching the snake and rat is simply a feel-better thing for a keeper to do. If a rat were to attack the snake, you'd never get it out in time to prevent bites, whether you were watching it or not.

It prevents mites being transfered from feeders to snakes, as freezing kills that mites that a good portion of mice and rats have.

It helps curb the "if it moves it must be food" snake response. You don't have to sit there and watch the snake until it eats.



I don't know why you'd want to feed live food, except if you have some sick need to see things killed. Frozen is better all around.
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