>>As to feeding live, I know many people disagree with it for several reasons, but its sometimes necessary, and if watched, IMO, its almost never injurious to the snake.

Agreed. Well-fed rodents do not attack snakes. It's only starving rodents (which doesn't take very long, given a rodent's metabolism -- no more than an hour or two), though they may try to defend themselves if attacked. Too many pet store herp books reiterate the incomplete truth that rodents "attack" snakes. That's incorrect. But starving rodents will EAT a reluctant or disinterested snake (the only edible thing in the entire snake cage) that can't escape from the rodent even if it wanted to.

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