08/28/2026
Do you feed your snakes live mice or rats? Consider switching to frozen to make your life easier and keep your critter safe! Keep reading for some reasons why we recommend frozen mice and rats.
✅ Safer for your reptile. Live mice and rats can bite, scratch, and injure your snake — it happens often and is difficult and costly to treat. Even if your snake hasn’t been bitten yet, that doesn’t mean it won’t be eventually. Switching to frozen eliminates these risks entirely!
✅ Cheaper. Because we have to keep, feed, and clean up after live mice and rats, our prices reflect this extra effort. For instance, a large frozen rat costs $6.99 while a live rat of the same size costs $9.99.
✅ Easier to store. Tired of having to make a trip to the pet store on feeding day? By feeding frozen, you can keep multiple feedings at home and feed at your convenience!
✅ More humane for the feeder and your snake. In addition to eliminating the risk of your snake being bitten, feeding frozen also avoids the unnecessary stress and potential suffering of live prey. Our frozen mice and rats are fed a high protein diet and humanely euthanized.
Switching to frozen mice or rats is one of the easiest ways to improve your husbandry. We carry a wide range of solutions to help snakes transition to frozen, including scenting juices and preparation tips that help convince your snake that it’s still eating a live prey. Even if you have a picky eater, stop by the store today to speak to Skylar or Destinee about ways to get your snake to transition to frozen. We almost guarantee that we can help!
