Feeding live mice and rats is dangerous... Wives tale?

my snakes been bit not bad it was when she was constricting a mouse when she was younger didnt do any damage though

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Originally Posted by mcavana

Lets settle this thing once and for all.

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Phew... I for one am glad that after this poll it will be finished once and for all. I will just refer anyone that ever asks to this poll.

Gonna save me alot of time explaining myself to them. :)

LOL...

yah....

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Forgive me if I already posted in this thread, but I like live feeding. After watching my adult bp take down a small rat, I'd give him those again if that was what I had, but I have decided to give him several mice instead, partly because it seems far less likely that he'd sustain an injury.

The main reason for that decision is because if he chooses not to eat for several weeks, the mice won't get too big for him to eat. But, he does have a much easier time killing the mice.

ive had no problems feeding live mice to my ball, no scratches bites, injures, etc. i HAVE seen a mouse chew on the tail of a baby ball at a pet store, after alerting a worker there i asked if they didnt know any better than to leave a rodent with a snake and the answer i got was "the guy who feeds them went to lunch....." shocking and TRUE story and one more reason to buy from a breeder and not a pet store. hope this helps

I just fed my Boa a live rat and I have been feeding live as long as I have been snake keeping. Almost ten years. I dunno I think it keeps it real for the snake. Not saying frozen or thawed isn't good. Just my pref. Please don't attack me for saying that. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS with f/t.

It's dangerous when they are left unsupervised.... otherwise, I feed mostly live to all of my bps! :)

The truth is, a frozen/thawed rodent never bit a snake ever.
That said, I feed live, supervised. Never really had any issues. The few times I've had a snake get bitten, it's not even been a wound. I'm pretty sure a large rat could do damage though. I just hate the thawing out of 40+ rodents for the snakes to suddenly decide no one is hungry. Then I have 40 thawed rodents.

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Originally Posted by firehop

Hey all,

This is a first hand experiance and I did not get this from my second cousins sister's, Mom brother on her maiden side.

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Your cousin's sister has a Mom brother? What's that?

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

Your cousin's sister has a Mom brother? What's that?

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HAHAH :rofl:

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Originally Posted by ndizzleg

HAHAH :rofl:

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Bump for a laugh..
Not sure if that was completely necessary. ;)

This girl suffered from a rat attack long before I got her. She is cbb not an import. The preveous owner told me she would only eat live. I got her to switch to f/t in 4 feedings. first a small live meal followed by a stunned floper next a p/k then frozen. Shes been pounding frozen ever since. Shes 3000 grams and over 4 feet.
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feeding live food to your snakes is horribly dangerous. It's usually quite lethal to the rodent. :D:D

I'm kind of blowing the curve here. I've only fed 3 times (Once/wk.) but every thing is aces.

I've always fed my 10 year old corn on live feeder mice with no problems. Now I've added a 6 month old boa and I can't find live fuzzies in the area only F/T. I bought a bunch of F/T online and decided to try the F/T on the corn. He could care less if they were live or frozen, so long as they fit down his gullet :) I'll admit I enjoyed the kill sequence, but not if there is any danger to my guys. Next month my boa will be a year old. When I first got him he was about 121 g, now at last weighing he's about 200 g.

There is a correct way and an incorrect way to feed live. Choose appropiate size(smaller is better than larger) and dont feed live unsupervised.

Most accidents with snakes, wether it the snake getting bit or you getting bit by the snake, are usually the handlers fault.

Anyone who has been keeping snakes(sucessfully) for a long time will tell you that.