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?

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?

Feed it... It won't hurt the snake.

Im positive that it is a tumor. The poor little thing has multiple and they are growing. Here are some pics.
They arent the best due to it moving and my camera on my phone.
http://evcstudios.com/driver/snake/tumor/m001.jpg
http://evcstudios.com/driver/snake/tumor/m002.jpg
http://evcstudios.com/driver/snake/tumor/m003.jpg

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.

It will not hurt your snake to eat that mouse. Put it down immediately, that must be horrifyingly painful, it's suffering. :(

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.

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.

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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.

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That sounds like a bunch of bull-ogna. You can't cure cancer with flax seeds, nor can you prevent it.