feeding house mice

if i kill a mouse in a trap in my house, is that ok to feed my ball? i haven't but it would save some money if that is safe. thanks

Wild mice are usually loaded with parasites. Please don't feed to your snake :O

your joking right?

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Originally Posted by bigj539

if i kill a mouse in a trap in my house, is that ok to feed my ball? i haven't but it would save some money if that is safe. thanks

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i would not recommend doing this at all.

wild mice can carry parasites, pesticides, toxins and other nasties. You'll end up spending way more on vet bills if the mice are carrying something than just footing the bill for some feeders.

i dont know much about live feeders, but ive never seen them cost more than 1.35 for mice. my girl is on frozen/thawd and that is cheap. 40.00 for about two months worth of food, even less now that i found a new place and thats when i buy 20 of them at a shot and just keep them in a small spare freezer.

if live is too expensive, you can always breed your own or switch your guy to frozen thawed.

Hi,

There is also the possibility is the mouse has been in other places where they use poison as a control method - for the price of a feeder mouse it seems an awfully big risk. :weirdface


dr del

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Originally Posted by bigj539

if i kill a mouse in a trap in my house, is that ok to feed my ball? i haven't but it would save some money if that is safe. thanks

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Ok, DEFINITELY NOT.
If you invested in a ball python you need to consider spending 15 dollars at least a month on feeder mice from a petshop, or breeding your own.

1) The house mice contain terrible parasites and other various diseases.

2) You don't know where its been! It could have ran through some rat poison or mold and you could end up killing your snake.

3) Your seriously going to catch it in the act of being caught? Realistically, no house mouse is going to come out unless your asleep in the middle of the night. This gives the dead mouse eh a good 2-5 hours of being dead. It'll stiffen up and get cold.

So basically, bad idea. :]

are you kidding?
wow, there are things all up in those mice that freezing and bleach prolly wouldnt even kill...

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Originally Posted by bigj539

if i kill a mouse in a trap in my house, is that ok to feed my ball? i haven't but it would save some money if that is safe. thanks

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Nope it would not! :colbert:

How much are mouse traps? If your looking to save money by not buying a mouse which is only $1.25 there may be a bigger problem.

jeeze people are jumping all over me. theres a reason i asked before i did it. chill out. and to those of you who answered my question thoroughly and respectfully, thank you.