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Mouse with tumor
A little over a week ago I went to a local Reptile Expo. I picked up 20 mice. I was just picking them up by the handfull untill I got to my 20. At the time one of them just looked larger then the rest. Over the past week it turns out the mouse has a tumor. The tumor has gotten bigger the past week to the point where it harder for the mouse to move.
Is it ok to feed off to one of my snakes. Or should I just put it out of is missory?
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Id put it down
As far as feeding it to one of the snakes.....
I'm sure it's fine, but personally would probably just pass on that idea.
BTW, sure its a tumor and not just preggo?
Last edited by 2kdime; 10-12-2011 at 12:46 PM.
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Feed it... It won't hurt the snake.
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Things like this happen all the time. It will not hurt your snake to eat the mouse though. In the future you can cure the tumors with flax seed. It takes a while for it to happen, but if you feed your rodents flax at least once a week it'll keep them from getting tumors and cure the tumors that they may or may not already have.
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It will not hurt your snake to eat that mouse. Put it down immediately, that must be horrifyingly painful, it's suffering.
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Re: Mouse with tumor
Yes you can feed it off to your snake. It will not hurt your snake to eat a mouse that has tumors, and there will be no problems. Do it soon and put it out of it's misery.

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Re: Mouse with tumor
Also I would switch to rats because they get to adult mouse size in two-three weeks and they breed like crazy. You can freeze them when they get to the right size or sell the ones that get too big to pay for the food and bedding. Mice are stubborn and are known to go on breeding strikes for very long periods of time with no reason. And rats have more nutrition for your growing snake, they have 10% more protein, more calcium and more fat too. I have never had any success in breeding mice and I tried several times with different mice from different breeders, I did my research and I did nothing wrong. Switch to rats.
Last edited by evan385; 10-27-2011 at 08:35 PM.

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Re: Mouse with tumor
 Originally Posted by PassionsPythons
Things like this happen all the time. It will not hurt your snake to eat the mouse though. In the future you can cure the tumors with flax seed. It takes a while for it to happen, but if you feed your rodents flax at least once a week it'll keep them from getting tumors and cure the tumors that they may or may not already have.
That sounds like a bunch of bull-ogna. You can't cure cancer with flax seeds, nor can you prevent it.
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