...... I can't do it anymore.






Please be aware the following story is graphic if you have a weak stomach please please don't read it.




I have a beautiful 1600g breeder female that I just purchased about a month ago. She has been kind of picky, just getting used to her new environment I suppose. The previous owner told me that he fed her live rats exclusively and that she was eating 2 per week for him as she was bred this year and was trying to put the weight she lost back on. Before last night she never even showed interest in the rat I got for her. I'd put him in her tub and he would run all over her pooping and what not and finally just take over her hide and sit there. Finally (or so I thought) last night I guess she was hungry enough because she struck him and I thought that was it. Well she only constricted around his neck not his body apparently and she squeezed so hard on his head that both his eyes popped out and he was bleeding from his nose and his mouth profusely. THEN SHE LET HIM GO! I opened the tub because I heard him running around like crazy and I don't want her to get hurt and there is blood absolutely everywhere and she's sitting in the corner completely ignoring him. I didn't know what else to do and he seemed to be in so much pain so I had to take him outside and kill him.

I honestly don't think I can ever feed live again, that girl will have to learn to love f/t and fast because she's not getting any more live. I've got a small rat colony right now but all the grow outs will be euthanized prior to being fed. Sorry for the long and probably stupid post but I'm so shook up by it still the day after just had to get it off my chest.