I was also thinking, on this freeze debate, would people rather to simply chop off their heads or break their necks? That's quick and painless......and it's exactly how you off a chicken. I don't see why snakes would have any higher status that would require a vet, it's just the humane factor.

Personally I'd prefer to freeze.....it's less bloody. Then again I'm a farm girl who butchered half a dozen chickens the old fashioned way a few weeks ago.