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Feeding Snakes Frozen Mice

https://www.thesprucepets.com/feeding-snakes-frozen-mice-1239476

This article from The Spruce Pets is a practical guide on how to get pet snakes to eat frozen rodents.  Tips include warming up the mouse (not with a microwave), using feeding forceps, cutting it open, and dipping it in chicken broth.

Your Pet Snake’s Diet:  Dead or Alive?

https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/pet-snakes-diet-dead-alive/

In this article, Dr. Krista Keller, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, gives tips on how to best feed your pet snake.  (Hint:  Live prey?  No way.)

Live Prey vs. Prekill

http://www.anapsid.org/prekill2.html

What’s the difference between feeding your snake live versus dead prey?  In this article, information on this question is provided, as well as a real-life example of what could happen if live prey is fed to snakes, rather than dead prey.