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I got my BP to take a F/T! Now what to do with the live mouse?
So... Try #3, we finally got Herman, our fairly young BP to take F/T. The F/T he was significantly smaller than his normal meal. Should I also feed him the live mouse I purchased? If so, I should probably kill it first so as not to jeopardize him taking F/T going forward, correct?
I don't want to overfeed him, but if he can take the second mouse, I'd obviously prefer to give it to him.
Last edited by akillian24; 08-25-2012 at 07:29 PM.
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How big is your snake? You could always keep the mouse till his next meal? And yes, I would p/k mouse.
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Re: I got my BP to take a F/T! Now what to do with the live mouse?
My snake was born in June, so not very big. I haven't weighed him yet b/c he's been eating very regularly and so I haven't worried about it. I probably should be more responsible about his measurements, but I've just been eyeballing his prey size and things have gone well.
He's typically eating every 5-6 days, so I could keep the mouse and feed him again in 3(?) days? I don't have any mouse food, however, so I'm not sure how long mice can go without food. And I don't want the little guy to suffer needlessly either.
ETA: I could always return him to the pet store. I don't need my money back or anything, I just wasn't sure if there was an easy way to somehow use him for Herman's next feeding.
Last edited by akillian24; 08-25-2012 at 08:11 PM.
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You could always turn that mouse into food for a later date by pk and freezing. If he will take ft now cull and freeze the live mouse. You can then use it whenever necessary.
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Re: I got my BP to take a F/T! Now what to do with the live mouse?
 Originally Posted by Homegrownscales
You could always turn that mouse into food for a later date by pk and freezing. If he will take ft now cull and freeze the live mouse. You can then use it whenever necessary.
Thats what I did when I was converting a bp over to f/t. I had bought a live mouse and he went over to f/t without any issue so I killed the mouse and froze him for a later date and the bp ate him with no problems.
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0.1 Cal Kingsnake (Isis)
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i would feed the mouse what ever you have in your pantry, cereal, crackers, rice and a lot of fresh water.
I have never dealt with F/T mice, fresh is all I have ever fed my BP..
But I guess you could freeze the mouse and then thaw it just like the others.
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0.1 normal 3,200 grams 5 feet long
100 gallon tank with 4 UTH
3 are thermostat controlled, the 4th one is constantly powered located directly under the water dish.
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I would just "take care of it". Then put it in the freezer! Problem solved. 
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