Do you associate with your feeders?

For you live feeders, do you associate with your live feeders?

Do you hold them, name them, or consider them temporary pets?

I don't name or consider my mice pets, but I do hold them and play with them. In fact, one of my mice is on my hand right no as I type this.

mice are just plain dinner!
every once in awhile i have a rat that i keep back and breed that i like but in the end they all usually end up dinner somewhere.

p.s. nice avatar

My word of advice- Dont.

I became attached to my very first group of breeder rats. One always comes up to get her head pat when I open the tub. They are too old to breed and as a matter of fact I do not breed normal rats anymore, but I still have them!!

I guess your technique for relaxing the mice and eleviating the stress before you toss them into the lions is a good for you to improve your BPs safety :D

They get the best care possible however, my feeder colony is just that, I do not nor do I want to get attached to them.

I just got a couple breeders a couple days ago, I even bought a wheel for them, named them also Dinner & Dessert

I am only attached to my breeders, but I've quit naming them.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Dinner & Dessert

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...hence their purpose. :P

No. I did it once and I had to take her back. I held her for a moment, and then tried to feed Ophelia; she wouldn't eat it at all. None of my other kids would either. It's weird. They'll pounce all over a rat that I've had on the tongs, but if I touch the rat, they won't have anything to do with it.

It's not like I'm attached to my feeders, I just play with them like they are mice, and have no remorse when they're eaten. I can just go grab some more at the petstore anyway. :D