Live mice?

[StaceyBaybee]

Is it ok to always feed your snake dead prey? I could never feed it a mouse live, i have kept mice as pets in the past.

[diamondlil]

If your snake eats f/t (frozen/thawed) mice without any problems, then carry on.:)

[StaceyBaybee]

Well i have only had my snake three days and it ate its first pinky earlier today, but i've heard a lot about them going off the pre-killed mice as they get older does this happen with most snakes or is it quite rare?

[diamondlil]

It can happen. Out of my 20 snakes, 2 went from being aggressive f/t feeders to live only, and I'm still working on them. If it does, there are many tricks to try to get them back on track

[StaceyBaybee]

Ok, thanks! :)

[Velvet]

Most snakes will be perfectly happy to eat f/t for their whole lives...

My only one that's a problem is my adult male who only eats freshly killed mice (they must still be twitching) but won't eat f/t and he won't eat rats...he also wouldn't eat white mice when he was younger...he's just a crabby feeder...lol