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[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

They sell pre frosted, killed mice because if you feed adult gerbils or hamsters to your snake, their stomach might not handle it well

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago

And if it’s not a clean kill, the rodent can scratch and bite and give the snake an infection or a missing eye.

There’s no good reason to feed live prey if the animal will accept frozen.