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Ack, yes, that's the one part of owning a snake that can be pretty heartbreaking (love rodents, so it's hard to compartmentalize emotions and keep from sympathizing with the ones you get as food @_@; . I can't imagine the kind of emotional turmoil that moment of "oh crap...it didn't die" brought on.
(boyfriend actually had a....very, very loosely similar situation where he was sort of forced to play "exterminator" at his work because his employer uses glue traps and just lets what it catches starve to death...inhumane...)
So far ours has been on live feed, but I'm curious about the frozen approach for multiple reasons. Did you ever have any problems getting her to eat a pre-kill? How would you say is the best approach in thawing and then presenting the PKfood?
I'm also considering it for when our little guy needs bigger portions and I'd feel more secure knowing what we're feeding him can't scratch or bite back.
Last edited by Raymei; 06-13-2012 at 01:05 AM.
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"I can't imagine the kind of emotional turmoil that moment of "oh crap...it didn't die" brought on. "
That was a horrible moment, when I realized it was still alive and in pain I had a moment of panic before hitting the poor animal harder. All I could do was stun the rat and had to let my snake do the rest, I just don't have it in me to kill it myself 
I just got her, but she's eaten frozen food her entire life to my knowledge. She actually seemed a little freaked out when the rat moved and it took her two minutes to finally strike.
Large rats can pose a very real danger to a ball python, I'd suggest going to frozen thawed as soon as possible. I don't know too much about how to transfer them except to use tongs to make the rat look alive, there's a few threads about it
Last edited by copperarabian; 06-13-2012 at 01:56 AM.
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