pre-killed mice...

my snake use to eat live, frozen, and pre killed mice but i decided to stick with frozen but just recently my snake wont take frozen anymore. and i dont want to take any chances for my snake to get bit so im feeding prekilled mice. i just want to know what is the most humane way to kill a mice fast and painless... i dont want to hit them against a hard object because i dont want to make a mess and i also think thats unhumane for me to do... any of you guys have any techniques i could try?

You could kill them with dry ice. I don't remember the link, but I do remember some instructions: Get a cooler, a small plastic cage with a lid with holes, dry ice, and mice/rats. Put the dry ice in the small plastic cage and the mice in the air-tight cooler, put the small plastic cage in the cooler, close the lid, in a few minutes the dry ice will give off carbon dioxide and kill the mice. I'm pretty sure that's how it works.

ok so i put the mice in the same tub where the dry ice is going to be? but wont the mice loose their body temperature?

I finally found the link. Here ya go: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=55509. That's the complex version, here's the version I told you about: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ghlight=carbon

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Originally Posted by psycho

my snake use to eat live, frozen, and pre killed mice but i decided to stick with frozen but just recently my snake wont take frozen anymore. and i dont want to take any chances for my snake to get bit so im feeding prekilled mice. i just want to know what is the most humane way to kill a mice fast and painless... i dont want to hit them against a hard object because i dont want to make a mess and i also think thats unhumane for me to do... any of you guys have any techniques i could try?

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Have you tried putting the frozen mouse in a zip lock putting it in a small tupperware container with hot water for 20mins then running it through hot water in the zip lock and trying to feed after it's nice and hot?

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Originally Posted by syvil

Have you tried putting the frozen mouse in a zip lock putting it in a small tupperware container with hot water for 20mins then running it through hot water in the zip lock and trying to feed after it's nice and hot?

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yup i did that... but out of nowhere it show little interest in frozen mice and as soon as i put a pre killed mice in front of it it strike at it and ate it without a problem then i introduce the frozen and doesnt show interest in it...

A c02 chamber is a humane way of killing feeders. I think there are in depth topics on how to make them in the DIY section.

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Originally Posted by BPboy

A c02 chamber is a humane way of killing feeders. I think there are in depth topics on how to make them in the DIY section.

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yeah i just check one out about dry ice but my question is wont the mice loose their body temp?

i put my f/t under a heat lamp after they are thewed alredy. put the heat lamp about a foot or so above them and to the side a little.i have a 60 watt bulb so might use higher with bigger wattage. i let sit for 5 to 10 min

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Originally Posted by tylersweeney22

i put my f/t under a heat lamp after they are thewed alredy. put the heat lamp about a foot or so above them and to the side a little.i have a 60 watt bulb so might use higher with bigger wattage. i let sit for 5 to 10 min

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my point is that no matter how thawed they are it just doesnt want frozen anymore...