pre-killed food

What is the fastest/most effective way to do this yourself? I do not have access to good f/t mice, the pet stores are terrible. I didn't mind feeding live, but one time the mouse scratched my BP so I haven't wanted to feed live since. I don't have a problem doing what I need to do, but at the same time want it to be as quick and humane as possible. Help?

nevermind, i found it.

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Originally Posted by imh0813

nevermind, i found it.

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WHere did you find it? Is it in this forum somewhere or did you get it somewhere else? I am curious as to how it's done.

The diy section has a sticky on it.

here ya go
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=33850

That is what I use. It would be better if you have more but you can euthanize more at a time (more cost effective).

I breed my own so I can kill off whole tubs, so it cost less per unit to kill them.

Mike

I also breed my own, but i just skip the whole humane method. Never really bothers me, unfourtuantely i like my snakes more than my rats.

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Originally Posted by joshn6805

I also breed my own, but i just skip the whole humane method. Never really bothers me, unfourtuantely i like my snakes more than my rats.

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What do you mean?

I don't understand what your trying to say?

You pre kill but you skip the "humane" method?

Mike

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Originally Posted by hoax

What do you mean?

I don't understand what your trying to say?

You pre kill but you skip the "humane" method?

Mike

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lets just say i use a method (blunt object to the head) that stuns them for a while. :oops:

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lets just say i use a method (blunt object to the head) that stuns them for a while. :oops:

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there are plenty of physical means that are approved and considered "humane", head trauma and cervical dislocation among the most common.

So it is humane?

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So it is humane?

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Hitting a rat over the head to knock him out is much more humane than being squeezed to death.

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So it is humane?

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People will disagree on whether or not hitting a rat over the head with a brick is humane, but many places of research that have to dispatch the rats at the end of experiments use a pretty common spin and thwack technique from what I've been told my college friends in medicine/psychology.

If it's quick and easy with little to no chance of screwing up, it's probably "approved".

There are many "approved" methods of head trauma.

Do you only need to p/k one or two? Because the dry-ice/paintball one is mainly for a lot of feeders.

I only p/k one rat a week because I only have one snake that do not eat live. I just use a keyboard cleaner and a ziploc bag. Put the rat in the bag, spray with keyboard cleaner (compressed CO2), and the rat falls asleep in about 5 seconds. Then he just stays in there for another minute or so to die peacefully.

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Do you only need to p/k one or two? Because the dry-ice/paintball one is mainly for a lot of feeders.

I only p/k one rat a week because I only have one snake that do not eat live. I just use a keyboard cleaner and a ziploc bag. Put the snake in the bag, spray with keyboard cleaner (compressed CO2), and the rat falls asleep in about 5 seconds. Then he just stays in there for another minute or so to die peacefully.

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Thanks! I got some live mice today and tried to do the seperation of the spine but they were too fiesty and I couldnt even grab onto the head or keep it down with a ruler. I decided to try this way out and they were gone in seconds. They peed when they died, should I rinse the mice off or just put them in a bag in a freezer now?

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Originally Posted by anatess

Do you only need to p/k one or two? Because the dry-ice/paintball one is mainly for a lot of feeders.

I only p/k one rat a week because I only have one snake that do not eat live. I just use a keyboard cleaner and a ziploc bag. Put the snake in the bag, spray with keyboard cleaner (compressed CO2), and the rat falls asleep in about 5 seconds. Then he just stays in there for another minute or so to die peacefully.

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OMIGOSH!!! DO NOT PUT THE SNAKE IN THE BAG! So sorry... I misstated above! I meant, put the RAT in the bag. But, yeah, good you understood what I meant. :)

If they pee, just wipe them down with paper towel. I wouldn't wash them unless you plan to dry them before freezing. I put a small amount of their bedding in the ziploc bag with them to absorb pee.