[CDErin]

Ive thought about this quite a lot before as I was thinking of getting a snake but didnt because of the feeding mice/rats. Not because I dont like the idea of the actual feeding, more because I would want to raise the mice or rats myself.

I know that at first raising own live food doesnt sound great but I would personally have prefered it so that I had control over the conditions that they were kept in before being killed. I only buy meat for myself that is free range (because of welfare and also I think its better health wise) so I would want the equivalent for my snake. It would mean I could have plenty of space for the mice as well as control the breeding so that they are not over bred. Main reason I decided in the end against the idea of having a snake is that I just dont have the room to keep enough mice in the conditions I would want.