Re: Freaking out a little after feeding live for the first time ??
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Originally Posted by
C2tcardin
I felt kind of bad at first and wanted to get mine on F/T which I was able to do with all but one who still eats a live mouse each week. I did feel pretty awful the other day when out of desperation I bought 10 live pinky rats to try and get this new stubborn BP female eating. I had to buy 10, that was the minimum from the breeder and I knew they would only live a few days without the mother. So I took 7 and put them in a zip loc bag and placed it in the freezer, which the breeder said was the most humane way to do it. Felt awful and after all that I had to toss the other 3 in the freezer too as she still hasn't eaten. I'm meeting up with the snakes breeder tomorrow who is going to give me a few baby mice and the smallest hoppers he has in hopes that works, if not he will take her back on Sunday and see if he can get her eating again. Sorry for the derail of your thread, just thought it was necessary to explain why I had to cull 10 pinky's.
When you go back to the breeder, you could ask him if he could show you how to do either a cervical dislocation properly or if he uses dry ice. Those are the only two truly humane methods I've heard of, but if you're meeting up with him that sounds like an excellent opportunity to do that in case you run into this situation again.
Re: Freaking out a little after feeding live for the first time ??
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Originally Posted by
Sauzo
..,,,,,,,,,,,,,I just view it as a "home cooked meal" vs a "tv dinner" :)
Haha, that has been my exact thought as well! :gj:
