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Live pinkies are illegal? Since when? I know some of the Petlands won't sell them, because customers complained..neither will Petco....1 of my 2 local petlands won't sell them, but the other one always sells them when they are available. Any of the private petshops that deal in herps (in Queens, Bob's Tropical, and Paradise Aquariums) always have live pinkies and rat pups on hand. I can't stand the frozen stuff...most of the time they are so deteriorated that they are "pinkie soup" by the time they defrost. Also, my last remaining albino corn hatchling refuses to eat frozen. I've never been a boa or python person...I much prefer corn snakes....mine are heterozygous for albinism or albino. Aside from my baby, I've never had a problem feeding frozen stuff to my snakes, but I prefer live...the frozen stuff is just too gross. My 2 kingsnakes, a grey banded and a black sonoran milksnake, both refuse dead mice...they will only eat live. Since the grey banded is small, I prefer rat pups..no risk of being bitten. My leopard geckoes have always refused pinkies. Too bad...an occasional pinkie is very good for them. Take care, Eric PS- If anyone is interested, I'll post a note the next time I breed my cornsnakes...I'll be happy to give away any extras. I'm not breeding them this year...they need a break.