very well put Shannon i personally would have no problem feeding live to my garters as i have put in live frogs with the snakes and watched them hunt (it was rather amazing how fast their reflexes are as they snatched a frog out of the air as it tried to jump away) , however i will be feeding my snakes F/T pinks because i have heard it can be difficult to get a snake back on to f/t when fed live so i would rather just take away the hassle