User blog comment:UglyTurtle/Justice League of Equestria RolePlay Blog Part II/@comment-24346726-20141020181754

Why don't you just heavily sedate the ponies and then drink a safe amount? Sure they'll be a tad uncomfortable afterwards but theres no permanent harm. The only other way would be to convince ponies to willingly grant you their blood for sustanance but from my experience they aren't exactly willing to do that while concious.