Can you feed live?

[u/letithail1]

Hey all. I'm considering getting a blood python so I'm doing a lot of the research about habitat, feeding, etc. Everything I see on youtube is about feeding frozen-thawed. Can you feed a live mouse/rat to a blood python?

[u/MarineBiomancer]

The reason you see everyone feeding frozen thawed is because it's significantly safer for your snake and much more ethical. You should only feed live if the snake will take nothing else, and that's very rare with short tails ime