Would you feed this to your snake?

[Pale Rider 777]

Ok so I just thawed out a large mouse from petsmart and it is bloody and I was not expecting it at all....I've never experienced this....is it ok to feed? I'd think so but better safe than sorry...anyways, here's the pics

[Capray]

Are there any visible cuts on it? Sometimes a blood vessel is broken if the rodent is killed before frozen, the freezing process makes it rupture....offer it to the snake, I say. Does it smell okay?

[Pale Rider 777]

Are there any visible cuts on it? Sometimes a blood vessel is broken if the rodent is killed before frozen, the freezing process makes it rupture....offer it to the snake, I say. Does it smell okay?

No not that I can see...yeah it smells fine....it just sucks I switched to frozen is because I didn't like the little guys getting squeeze to death...I though petsmart use da gas chamber...apparently not

[TheSnakeGuy]

PetsMart doesn't do any killing at their stores. The mice and rats come already frozen from a manufacturer. There's no danger from that one. If anything the head blood will entice a stronger feeding response.

[Jonas@Balls2TheWall]

A lot of rats will release blood out of their nose if they are thawed out with their nose facing down. I feed with the blood all the time, nothing to worry about.

[Pale Rider 777]

Thanks everyone..she took it...she was actually a little more hesitant than usual....normally I can't get it halfway I the cage and she's already got I halfway down her gullet lol....but nonetheless she took it...thanks again!! I was just kinda shocked and grossed out earlier lol

[Kodieh]

Usually gets nose bleeds for me, and may drip blood. Perfectly normal.

[Flikky]

Happens pretty often. My one snake seems to prefer when that happens..