The freezing process itself does not destroy nutrients. In meat and poultry products, there is little change in nutrient value during freezer storage."
"LITTLE CHANGE" not major, significant, gigantic, momentous, important, noteworthy, crucial, vital meaningful, considerable, big, historic, earth shattering. Anyway you get the point. (I love the thesaurus)
In my opinion not enough to see the difference in physical structure or effect longevity. Snakes that have been feed f/t have lived just as long at snakes feed live or prekilled.
And while I am at it this goes along with my post from last night forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=724975,728596
Forgive me I am not trying to plagiarize anyone. I want to give credit where credit is do and I think we all learn something new everyday. This is Excerpted from "The Snake: An Owner's Guide To A Happy Healthy Pet." ©1997 Howell Book House, by Lenny Flank
“There is a very common misperception among people, even among many snake hobbyists, that snakes must have live prey. This is not usually true. In the wild, snakes, like most other carnivores, will usually take any opportunity to get a free and easy meal, and will not pass up a freshly killed prey animal if they happen upon it. In fact, snakes have been known to eat a fair amount of carrion which has been dead for some time, and the stomach contents of wild snakes often contain prey that must have been in an advanced state of decomposition when it was eaten. Thus, although your snake may prefer to eat live prey, which it kills itself through constriction, this is not at all necessary for the health of the snake.”
Just food for thought people.
Later,
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Jeff
0.1 Wife (Homo sapiens sapiens): Kim
2.0 Hog Island Boas, Bob Sears Line (Boa Constrictor imperator): Ham-let and BLT
0.1 Hog Island Boa, Schuett Line (Boa Constrictor imperator): Petunia
1.1 Smooth-Scaled Sand Boas (Eryx johnii johnii): Xerxes, and Sa'rai
1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei): Solomon
0.2 Kenyan Sand Boas, 100% het anery (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei): Sheba, Jasmine
0.0.1 Florida Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula floridana): Seminole
0.1 Doberman (Canis familiaris): Princess Grace
1.0 Pitbull Mix (Canis familiaris): Popcorn
1.0 Rough Collie (Canis familiaris): Dante
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