Tranquilized rats

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Originally Posted by TheSnakeGuy

She probably didn't know about frozen/thawed rodents, and didn't have the stomach or heart enough to feed a coherent live rat. Poor animal care=you shouldn't be a pet parent!

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This was 3 years ago and I think she still does this. She said she tranquilized the rats so the snake doesn't get hurt and that's the only reason. I found it quite disturbing... I asked my friend why she bothers feeding live and the teacher apparently announce she does it this way to give the snake a fuller experience in hunting? Some weird explanation...

Anybody else wondering where this person is getting the injectable tranquilizers and syringes? These require a prescription to obtain...

Are you sure she is tranqing the rats? Anyone see her inject a rat?

I'm wondering if she's stunning it and just saying it's tranqed so no one thinks she's being 'brutal' to the rats?

If she is injecting a sedative, she should be turned in for having illegal drugs. No telling what she's using or where she's getting them, but she certainly shouldn't have that type of drug.

Feeding a tranq drug to a snake is a big no-no.

(assuming this is all true)

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Are you sure she is tranqing the rats? Anyone see her inject a rat?

I'm wondering if she's stunning it and just saying it's tranqed so no one thinks she's being 'brutal' to the rats?

If she is injecting a sedative, she should be turned in for having illegal drugs. No telling what she's using or where she's getting them, but she certainly shouldn't have that type of drug.

Feeding a tranq drug to a snake is a big no-no.

(assuming this is all true)

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Well that's what she claimed to do when her students asked if it was dangerous to feed live. So I guess it's a consensus is a big nono/weird

So I tried to find the teacher's email to ask her about the tranquilizing methods but I guess she was replaced by 2 other science teachers. Gah I wish I paid more attention to what she was saying or I wish I told her that's just weird/not correct husbandry for the snakes.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Are you sure she is tranqing the rats? Anyone see her inject a rat?

I'm wondering if she's stunning it and just saying it's tranqed so no one thinks she's being 'brutal' to the rats?

If she is injecting a sedative, she should be turned in for having illegal drugs. No telling what she's using or where she's getting them, but she certainly shouldn't have that type of drug.

Feeding a tranq drug to a snake is a big no-no.

(assuming this is all true)

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This is my guess as well Wolfy