feeding house mice

[butters!]

you needed to be jumped on.the most you'd have to pay is 5 dollars a week for a rat.less than a dollar a day.if you cant afford that you need to find a new home for your snake.wat happens if it gets sick and a vet visit is necessary?are you gonna have 40 dollars for the visit plus the medication?sorry if a few of us were harsh but your question and reason is pathetic

[blackcrystal22]

you needed to be jumped on.the most you'd have to pay is 5 dollars a week for a rat.less than a dollar a day.if you cant afford that you need to find a new home for your snake.wat happens if it gets sick and a vet visit is necessary?are you gonna have 40 dollars for the visit plus the medication?sorry if a few of us were harsh but your question and reason is pathetic

Not necessarily.
It's not fair to judge on ones education. Even though yes, he should have researched as much as possible, it is not entirely unrealistic if nothing he researched mentioned 'NO HOUSE MICE'.
He just didn't know. And he did the right thing to ask before doing something that seemed logically stupid to him. Which made him more responsible than people who would just assume and not ask.

:]

[sharilynn]

Yeah, some people can be a bit "radical" here...like the peta freaks. Calm down guys!! WOW!! Forum is here for the purpose of answering questions! It would of been different if he had already fed his snake a house mouse without asking about it first. Quit trying to drive away newbies with questions!! I love this site but sometimes I find it hard to stomach the way legitimate questions are replied to here.

[littleindiangirl]

Peta doesn't believe in the keeping of pets. I'm not sure how many PETA folk are members here, but isn't your judgment of the entire site a bit radical as well?

Not everyone is going to reply as you'd like, not everyone jumped on this guy either. Out of the hundreds of members coming to this site everyday, only a handful of people replied.

Well as it is, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. If you find something you dont necessarily agree with, you can always give them a rep point voicing that.

[wolfy-hound]

Not to mention only a couple people were even harsh. Almost everyone who replied, replied with reasons why you shouldn't feed a house mouse caught in a trap.
And PETA? Where did you even come up with that? You're more radical than the replies here.

[JasonG]

Not to mention only a couple people were even harsh. Almost everyone who replied, replied with reasons why you shouldn't feed a house mouse caught in a trap.
And PETA? Where did you even come up with that? You're more radical than the replies here.

Amen!!!!

[sharilynn]

Someone is asking a question...asking for a little help & you act like he has been feeding his snake house mice forever!! Keep getting mad about my "rant" you need to.

[Nate]

jeeze people are jumping all over me.

Quite the contrary, In my opinion. Below is a lot of information. Blunt? yes. why? Because the question you asked...while it is a good and legitimate question...is simply scary just to think about. You're surrounded by people who care very much about their animals, and when someone is considering doing something that could harm their snake, you better believe they will get a little ancy to let you know why you should/should not do something.

Wild mice are usually loaded with parasites. Please don't feed to your snake

i would not recommend doing this at all.

wild mice can carry parasites, pesticides, toxins and other nasties. You'll end up spending way more on vet bills if the mice are carrying something than just footing the bill for some feeders.

i dont know much about live feeders, but ive never seen them cost more than 1.35 for mice. my girl is on frozen/thawd and that is cheap. 40.00 for about two months worth of food, even less now that i found a new place and thats when i buy 20 of them at a shot and just keep them in a small spare freezer.

if live is too expensive, you can always breed your own or switch your guy to frozen thawed.

Hi,

There is also the possibility is the mouse has been in other places where they use poison as a control method - for the price of a feeder mouse it seems an awfully big risk.


dr del

Ok, DEFINITELY NOT.
If you invested in a ball python you need to consider spending 15 dollars at least a month on feeder mice from a petshop, or breeding your own.

1) The house mice contain terrible parasites and other various diseases.

2) You don't know where its been! It could have ran through some rat poison or mold and you could end up killing your snake.

3) Your seriously going to catch it in the act of being caught? Realistically, no house mouse is going to come out unless your asleep in the middle of the night. This gives the dead mouse eh a good 2-5 hours of being dead. It'll stiffen up and get cold.

So basically, bad idea. :]

are you kidding?
wow, there are things all up in those mice that freezing and bleach prolly wouldnt even kill...

How much are mouse traps? If your looking to save money by not buying a mouse which is only $1.25 there may be a bigger problem.

you needed to be jumped on.the most you'd have to pay is 5 dollars a week for a rat.less than a dollar a day.if you cant afford that you need to find a new home for your snake.wat happens if it gets sick and a vet visit is necessary?are you gonna have 40 dollars for the visit plus the medication?sorry if a few of us were harsh but your question and reason is pathetic

Now...going back to this little portion:

you needed to be jumped on.

No he doesn't. He needs to be educated, which there were plenty of responses with excellent information

Not necessarily.
It's not fair to judge on ones education. Even though yes, he should have researched as much as possible, it is not entirely unrealistic if nothing he researched mentioned 'NO HOUSE MICE'.
He just didn't know. And he did the right thing to ask before doing something that seemed logically stupid to him. Which made him more responsible than people who would just assume and not ask.

:]

Yeah, some people can be a bit "radical" here...like the peta freaks.Calm down guys!! WOW!! Forum is here for the purpose of answering questions! It would of been different if he had already fed his snake a house mouse without asking about it first. Quit trying to drive away newbies with questions!! I love this site but sometimes I find it hard to stomach the way legitimate questions are replied to here.

Someone is asking a question...asking for a little help & you act like he has been feeding his snake house mice forever!! Keep getting mad about my "rant" you need to.

His questions were answered...very well, i might add. The answers to his question contained facts and real concerns, which is why some people may be a little straight forward and eager to make sure he knows the consequences of his actions.

bigj539, I'm sorry you feel that some were being harsh in their response...just understand that people here are simply trying to make sure you make the best decisions you can for your animals.
I wish you the best of luck to you and your bp hobby

[fiona]

Hi bigj! Well done for asking first! I don't yet own a ball python and wanted to research first.

Just chatting to some friends about wanting a snake the other week... A friend said "If we get any more mice in our loft, I will give them you then". (She just meant it in a friendly sociable way, as a non-reptile owner). So people do make an assumption it's OK as wild snakes get wild prey.

Perhaps you bigj had mice in the house and thought it would be convenient.

Hey ho. I had already read somewhere before that feeding wild rodents to your pet snake is a no no. At least now you know, which is what forums are about, finding out advice and tips.

Nonetheless knowledge is only knowledge if you have read it or been told it before.

I agree what other pet only eats so little?! I wish I could live on just one meal a week LOL.

Fiona

[Sonya610]

I think sometimes people forget that some of the posters on these forums are very young, 14 or 15 year old kids.

If they are asking a question with good intent and they are trying to do the right thing they deserve a polite reply.