Reusing a Mouse

[clevelandcarpetowner]

My Kenyan sand boa came out of shed this week and decided that she did not want to eat on schedule. Rather than throw out the mouse I gave it to my 6 month old carpet python. Do you think that there are any issues with this? I have had my Kenyan for 5 years, so when she does not want to take the mouse off of the tongs, I know that she is not hungry, so the mouse was not cold or sitting around for more than 5 or so minutes. I worry about my snakes a lot, especially when trying something new, so I checked the forums but did not see a relevant thread.

[EL-Ziggy]

I don't see any problems with giving refused feeders to another snake. That's another good reason to keep multiple critters.

[Reinz]

It's great. Many of us justify that extra snake as a Garbage Disposal!

[Darkbird]

And if none of my snakes will take said rodent, one of my monitors always will, lol. This is actually a pretty standard practice in reptile keeping. Most would rather offer an animal an extra meal than have to hassle with trying to store the rodent until the next feeding.

[Prognathodon]

When I got my jungle carpet python, the breeder warned me about certain things he might be a picky eater about. Nope! He's my garbage disposal snake.


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[Cydonia]

The only time Iv'e seen hesitation with reusing is when you plan on refreezing and reusing. But one snake touching the food then giving it to another snake won't cause a problem. The ONLY issue you sorta might have is if the refusal came from a snake in quarantine and you're going it to one that's not, but that's just being extra safe.