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
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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?

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Originally Posted by 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?

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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 :(

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.

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.

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

Usually gets nose bleeds for me, and may drip blood. Perfectly normal.

Happens pretty often. My one snake seems to prefer when that happens.. :rolleyes: