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  • 11-04-2012, 01:57 AM
    Pale Rider 777
    Would you feed this to your snake?
    Ok so I just thawed out a large mouse from petsmart and it is bloody and I was not expecting it at all....I've never experienced this....is it ok to feed? I'd think so but better safe than sorry...anyways, here's the pics
    http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/04/tasy5ata.jpg

    http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/04/ugany2a2.jpg
  • 11-04-2012, 01:59 AM
    Capray
    Are there any visible cuts on it? Sometimes a blood vessel is broken if the rodent is killed before frozen, the freezing process makes it rupture....offer it to the snake, I say. Does it smell okay?
  • 11-04-2012, 02:02 AM
    Pale Rider 777
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Capray View Post
    Are there any visible cuts on it? Sometimes a blood vessel is broken if the rodent is killed before frozen, the freezing process makes it rupture....offer it to the snake, I say. Does it smell okay?

    No not that I can see...yeah it smells fine....it just sucks I switched to frozen is because I didn't like the little guys getting squeeze to death...I though petsmart use da gas chamber...apparently not :(
  • 11-04-2012, 02:06 AM
    TheSnakeGuy
    Re: Would you feed this to your snake?
    PetsMart doesn't do any killing at their stores. The mice and rats come already frozen from a manufacturer. There's no danger from that one. If anything the head blood will entice a stronger feeding response.
  • 11-04-2012, 02:09 AM
    Jonas@Balls2TheWall
    A lot of rats will release blood out of their nose if they are thawed out with their nose facing down. I feed with the blood all the time, nothing to worry about.
  • 11-04-2012, 02:20 AM
    Pale Rider 777
    Thanks everyone..she took it...she was actually a little more hesitant than usual....normally I can't get it halfway I the cage and she's already got I halfway down her gullet lol....but nonetheless she took it...thanks again!! I was just kinda shocked and grossed out earlier lol
  • 11-04-2012, 02:22 AM
    Kodieh
    Usually gets nose bleeds for me, and may drip blood. Perfectly normal.
  • 11-04-2012, 01:01 PM
    Flikky
    Re: Would you feed this to your snake?
    Happens pretty often. My one snake seems to prefer when that happens.. :rolleyes:
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