While some snakes can live off insects, they will never be happy or very healthy on an all insects diet.All large snakes need rats or mice and lots of smaller ones do too.
If you don't want to feed your snake rats or mice, you will have to gut it out or have someone else feed the snake.Make sure the mice were fed properly and not treated with chemicals. Be sure to purchase mice from a company you trust.If you have a large number of snakes, you might consider breeding mice or rats for feeding purposes. If you have just one snake to feed, you can purchase mice or rats from a local pet store. These animals meet all of snakes' nutritional needs, so an all-mice or all-rat diet is completely sufficient to keep your snake healthy and happy. In the wild, most snakes eat mice, rats, or other small rodents.
