Live feeding vs frozen/thaw, new owner needs help

[pummumu]

Hello all,


I am very new to the snakes world.
Currently I am feeding my 2 baby corns( about 8 months old) frozen large pinkies.

Would it be OK to sometimes switch to live ones instead of frozen?
I am wondering if they will get used to the live ones and will refuse to eat frozen ones after.

thanks in advance and please forgive if there is a thread existing on this issue.

 

[Shiari]

They won't refuse F/T, but there is no point in feeding live at all. You run the risk of introducing parasites and when the snakes are larger they can be injured severely, or even killed, by live prey. Plus it is not a kind death for the mouse. Especially with pinkies, baby corns rarely constrict them so they're eaten alive. They slowly asphyxiate while being burned inside and out by stomach acid and you can hear them screaming from inside your snake.

 

[DragonsDenSerpents]

Cheaper to feed frozen. Safer to feed frozen. Faster to feed frozen (don't have to watch like a hawk).

 

[pummumu]

thanks for the reply!
That makes total sense, I will definetely stick with the frozen ones.

 

[WestCoast_Redneck]

it is not a kind death for the mouse. Especially with pinkies, baby corns rarely constrict them so they're eaten alive. They slowly asphyxiate while being burned inside and out by stomach acid and you can hear them screaming from inside your snake.

OMG. I did not know this but unfortunately this totally makes sense. Our friends bred their mice and offered us live babies, I actually considered it, now I'm SO thankful I didn't.

 

[Shiari]

OMG. I did not know this but unfortunately this totally makes sense. Our friends bred their mice and offered us live babies, I actually considered it, now I'm SO thankful I didn't.

I fed live *once* and the experience of hearing that was traumatic enough that I refuse to feed live.