I have a problem, or what might be a problem.

Although most of my BP take F/T, I still have one lovely little Pastel girl who only takes live mice. Today was feeding day, so I stopped by my local shop for her food. As it happened, they had just gotten in 2 large adult mice, versus the young ones I usually get, so I bought one of them and brought it home.

Kaiya was already on the hunt when I got home, so I just opened the end of the box and dropped the mouse in the far end of her tub. She struck and coiled perfectly within seconds, and all was well. I noticed about then that one of the tubs next to her needed a quick spot clean, so I didn't check on her again for several minutes.

That was when I noticed the mouse had a growth the size of a quarter on it's belly near one leg. It could only have been a tumor of some kind. But by the time I saw it, she already had the mouse in her throat, and there was no way I could have taken it from her. So she swallowed it just fine, but now I'm terrified that whatever was wrong with that mouse could affect her.

Has anyone come across this before? Should I be worried, or it is possible it won't harm her?

Guess who is going to be closely inspecting her feeder mice from now on.

Gale