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Tek, I am curious how you, yourself, effectively "disable" a live rodent. The norm, in my experience, is whacking. Of course very shortly after that one of two things happens: the rat wakes up or dies (becoming pk). The only other option I see is the removal of the rodents' teeth. Which I feel it too cruel to consider an option. If there is a good way, I would be anxious to see it to add it to my bag of tricks for the 1% that won't immediately accept f/t.
In my experience, there are two kinds of snakes: Those that immediately accept f/t and those that will soon. Of course, in this statement I am referring to species of snakes that will generally accept rodents as prey items.
Being forced to feed live rodents is a very rare instance. And i would venture to say that the 1% that Wreckwriter mentioned is fairly accurate. I would also be bold enough to say that the 1% that DO require live prey to initiate a feeding response can be converted to F/T within 2 to 3 feedings.
Given the rarity that live is needed, I would consider prekilled or f/t prey to be accurate as "The Rule" and the 1% of the time that live is required is the "exception to The Rule".
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