Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Pets and Animals: [header] How to feed a corn snake [title] Choose between frozen and live rodents. [step] While some people think that using live prey seems more natural, most captive bred snakes have never had live or wild-caught prey. Live prey is more expensive and less convenient to purchase and store.

Ending1: More importantly, live rodents can injure your pet by biting or scratching, and can spread diseases or parasites. [substeps] If you caught your pet snake in the wild, it might reject thawed rodents and only want to eat live prey. Ending2: [substeps] For the latter, you can get a corn snake from your local pet store or through breeders. Both methods have their pros and cons as well, so to find the best option, pick the best option for you. Ending3: Live prey will also provide less energy than live food, so you'll have to rotate feeds from frozen and live rodents, which can be especially scary to small, young mice. When selecting a live prey, make sure to find a rodent that will have access to fresh food throughout the snake's life. Ending4: Captive rodents do not like being captured while they are still having the bones for food, as they tend to exhibit more hesitation about when to eat what they found. [substeps] Live prey can be used commercially once the corn snake comes out of its cage so that you can feed it naturally.

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