Yes, you CAN feed them live pinkies - but there is no need nor reason when they WILL eat frozen/thawed if they're going to eat them at all. Not all leos will take them.

I've had a smallish female - about six and a half inches long - snaffle up a pink that I was trying to tempt a larger laying female with. They're pretty squishy, so they're not significantly harder to eat than a large cricket or a locust.

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Lizards: 2.1 E. macularius1.2 H. caudicinctus1.0 R. ciliatus0.3 A. fragilis1.1 T. merianae1.0 V. niloticus ittibittiusColubrids: 6.8.6 P. guttattus1.0 P. guttatus X E. climacophora1.1 P. o. rossalini1.0 P. o. lindheimeri0.1 E. anomala0.1 C. radiatus0.2 Lamprophis spp1.0 L. g. nigritus0.1 L. g. californiae1.0 H. n. nasicus1.0 P. m. melanoleucusBoids: 1.1 E. c. maurus 0.1 E. conicus10.14.4 P. regius1.1 A. maculosa
We HAD a three-bedroom house... Current lodgers: 1.0 E. c. maurus, 0.1 P. regius

I've heard that pinkies pre developed bones make them harder to digest? Is that right?

Daz

I've never noticed anything of the sort - pinks have UNDEVELOPED bones (they're largely cartilage at that age) which is why the primary source of calcium in them is actually the milk in their bellies; they're more digestible meat than a cricket is (a cricket's got a lot of barely digestible shell).

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Lizards: 2.1 E. macularius1.2 H. caudicinctus1.0 R. ciliatus0.3 A. fragilis1.1 T. merianae1.0 V. niloticus ittibittiusColubrids: 6.8.6 P. guttattus1.0 P. guttatus X E. climacophora1.1 P. o. rossalini1.0 P. o. lindheimeri0.1 E. anomala0.1 C. radiatus0.2 Lamprophis spp1.0 L. g. nigritus0.1 L. g. californiae1.0 H. n. nasicus1.0 P. m. melanoleucusBoids: 1.1 E. c. maurus 0.1 E. conicus10.14.4 P. regius1.1 A. maculosa
We HAD a three-bedroom house... Current lodgers: 1.0 E. c. maurus, 0.1 P. regius

Why anyone would want to feed a live animal to a snake or lizard is beyond me. Unless its crickets/locusts/worms which don't count or if its to save the snake/lizards life.

I used to breed mice and I am not entirely comfortable feeding defrosted mouses but I certainly wouldn't contemplate live. Makes me feel sick.

I feed my leopard geckos pinkie mice, once every 2 months. This is for both males and females and has been gratefully received.

I must insist that all my animals are offered food until THEY stop, not until rules or regulations deem I should stop feeding them and tbh, since changing that my animals have went right up in weight as they are feeding when THEY want and how much THEY want!

Just my two pence.

Bryan

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