live rat problem

Last Monday i fed my bp a live rat, well for some reason he grabbed it and wrapped the rat by the hind quarters and not the chest area so it took a lot longer for the rat to die, luckily Cesar (my bp) didn't get bit. While that was going on the rat wouldn't stop screaming and it really got to me.... now I've tried multiple times in the past with the f/t food and he wouldn't take it i have a good feeling he still wont take it if i try again, does anyone have a How To on a co2 gas chamber and if so roughly how much does it cost? If not than is there tips or tricks to get a bp to take f/t? I know color has nothing to do with it because he has taken white and brown rats live.

This worked pretty well for me: http://www.happyhillbilly.com/co2/

Why even make a CO2 chamber? You can just bonk the rat or dislocate its vertabrae near the neck. Quick and painless death, and you save the money.

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Originally Posted by apple2

Why even make a CO2 chamber? You can just bonk the rat or dislocate its vertabrae near the neck. Quick and painless death, and you save the money.

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Bonking them isn't considered a humane way to kill rodents... I've done it but I certainly wouldn't consider it to be quick or painless. CO2 chambers are really good if you need to kill a large number of rodents at a time.

To the OP here is another version that works pretty well: http://www.rodentracks.com/DIY_Co2_Chamber.html

My C02 chamber cost me roughly $30 to put together. All you need is a C02 tank, hose, and a Rubbermaid container or something like it. Put a hole in the container, attach the hose and seal it(I used silicone). You can probably find a c02 tank and hose on craigslist used for cheaper, if not you can definitely find them at a hobby shop that sells paintball supplies.

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Originally Posted by apple2

Why even make a CO2 chamber? You can just bonk the rat or dislocate its vertabrae near the neck. Quick and painless death, and you save the money.

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i dont feel comfortable doing that, also i dont want to think its dead when its really knocked unconscious and wake up and harm my snake....its not a mouse

Yikes! CO2? Bonking a rat on the head? Way to much work and I don't like the idea of having to pre kia my feeder rat's to my snakes,lol. I use to keep rat's and mice as pet's. I'm glad that all of my snakes take f/t. I did have to feed one of my normals live cause she wouldn't eat. I promised myself not to get attached to the food (when driving home to feed) lol.
If, you want to feed f/t I'm sure there are stickies here talking about how they did it? For me, I just kept offering my one normal female a f/t weekly. She refused to strike at it everytime, she would just smell it and move on. After, a few week's of her not eating thou. I read a post saying that you can leave the f/t rat in there tub overnight? And, wouldn't you know the f/t was gone in the morning. Now, she takes the f/t all the time. Maybe you could try this way,too?

Hi guys,
I actually work as a scientist and we do a fair amount of rodent work. We have to use a CO2 chamber to kill the animals. But honestly, it is really a much slower and more painful death. Breaking the neck (cervical dislocation) is instant and painless. Sometimes the animals still flick their legs after but if you know how to do it, then it is by far the most humane way.

You may want to try feeding smaller more frequent meals. Less work for the snake to kill and less chance of something like that happening again.


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Originally Posted by deathfromabove

Last Monday i fed my bp a live rat, well for some reason he grabbed it and wrapped the rat by the hind quarters and not the chest area so it took a lot longer for the rat to die, luckily Cesar (my bp) didn't get bit. While that was going on the rat wouldn't stop screaming and it really got to me.... now I've tried multiple times in the past with the f/t food and he wouldn't take it i have a good feeling he still wont take it if i try again, does anyone have a How To on a co2 gas chamber and if so roughly how much does it cost? If not than is there tips or tricks to get a bp to take f/t? I know color has nothing to do with it because he has taken white and brown rats live.

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Are you talking about the bp in your avatar? What size rat are you feeding?