Feeding mice that were sedated with Ketamine/Xylazine

Anyone know if it is safe for a snake to consume a mouse that was sedated with a Ketamine/Xylazine cocktail around 30 minutes before it was euthanized?

I have a better question why would you want to do that? :confused:

I would not. There would likely be effects to the snake from ingesting the drugs.

Why was the mouse sedated??

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The reason I am wondering is because I contacted a research company that uses mice.

They often euthanize many mice that they don't use but the ones they do use for their research are often sedated. They were willing to give me euthanized mice free of charge.

I guess it's a no go :(

I would be scared they did something else to the muse that would cause harm to your snake. Like gave it some whacked out lab created super virus. Not likely but I have seen all those zombie movies

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Originally Posted by puddintain

I would be scared they did something else to the muse that would cause harm to your snake. Like gave it some whacked out lab created super virus. Not likely but I have seen all those zombie movies

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:rolleyes:

Very very very very very slim chance they would do that, and if that were the case, they would not be giving the dead bodies away to some guy on the street. Biohazardous and such... you know?

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LOL

Funny that that even came up.

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It takes longer than that for those drugs to run their course and leave the mouse's system, so unless it's been at least a few days since they were last sedated, I would not think about feeding them to anything. I believe they have a very low toxicity compared to a lot of other medications, but they are strong dissociative anesthetics, like PCP, so I wouldn't want my snakes getting zonked out like that or worse.

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

:rolleyes:

Very very very very very slim chance they would do that, and if that were the case, they would not be giving the dead bodies away to some guy on the street. Biohazardous and such... you know?

:8:

LOL

Funny that that even came up.

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I was only being half serious about the zombie virus, but you still have to wonder what they did to the mice.

You should find out if they have any mice that are euthanized through CO2 or by severing of the spinal cord, without use of drugs. If that was the case, sounds like a great deal as long as the mice were freshly killed/frozen, and obviously had not been tested on. :snake:

if they only sedate the ones they use,and euthanize the ones they dont us.then ask f they mark the dead mice's bag on whether or not theyve ever been sedated?

Can anyone say Dr. Drew's Snake Rehab:) lol

Listen up Balls! You only get 3 strikes here at my facility and I dont mean at me! You all must be back in your hides by 11 curfew!

Hercules get your tongue in your mouth and Carmen stop flashing him belly shots!

I know you are all stressed out with this HR-669 stuff but going thru life strung out on tainted mice is not the answer!