Not prepared for the noise!!!

I have no problem dropping a live mouse into my snake's feeding take. Not even my breeders, in fact I have a female breeder that is pure evil, she killed a second feeder breeder female I got, so I separated her until she has babies, then I'm CO2-in' her. If she wasn't pure evil, and since she'd probably hurt my snake, I'll just end up putting her in the "Dry Ice Cooler" i saw on here somewhere. But, then again, I am an avid hunter too, so seeing animals die doesn't bother me. Now on the other hand, if my BP, leopard gecko, or chinchilla were to die, I'd be heart broken!

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Originally Posted by Jenn

Does anyone else have compassion for the food or is it just me?

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I do :oops:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t=30990&page=1

Actually, now that I think about it I may have stopped for a cheeseburger on the way home!!!

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I have compassion for all living creatures (except ticks shudders).

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Ticks and gnats. *sage nod*

And yeah, I do the compassion thing too which is actually part of why I feed f/t, that and convenience for me. But if any of my snakes refused f/t and I couldn't switch them over, I'd do what I need to do and offer live mice. I eat chicken and turkey, but I prefer getting it out of the freezer then going out back and taking care of it myself. It's just my preference. But if I had to... well, you do what you have to do.

I plug my ears until the little legs stop kicking...honestly.

Honestly I rarely hear a thing from the rats. Feeding is usually...open tub....put rat in the corner away from the snake...close tub...THWAPPPP...perhaps one very small squeek but seriously I don't hear any screaming or that sort of thing, even a small squeek is unusual around here. Perhaps it is because we feed a smaller than girth prey item or two to our snakes so they are very easily able to subdue and put down the rodent so quickly. If I heard any loud noise from the rodents I'd be really worried actually.

When I do feed live, I rarely hear a scream for very long.

It actually bothered me more when I had a snake eat a couple of mice fuzzy/hoppers (eyes closed) live. She didn't coil them, she just started swallowing them. :eek:

I'm with you hon! I'd rather deal with 18 ball pythons and 2 boas eating than watch that 1 darn milksnake of ours eat her dinner. It's just nasty that she doesn't properly kill them first....I seriously cannot watch. Such a pretty snake but her table manners leave something to be desired!

Yeah, my little Pueblan's on f/t now, but that first pinky screamed like crazy...because she was beating it over and over with her head before she ate it. lol

I have found larger rats scream the most. I only ever feed weanlings now, and the only time they make more than a squeak is when the snake has gotten lazy and hasn't constricted very well. But it does stop eventually. I've only had it happen a total of 2 times and it was VERY hard for me to handle, but I do not handle the feeder rats at all unless I am holding them back.