Sore on Mouse

[MitsuMike]

I picked up a feeder mouse and I got home and looked at it to feed to my Snake and it has a sore looking mark on it. More like a scar than anything else. Here is the pic:

PS it came from a pet store. Also it looks to be newly healed. Hard to the touch.

[BPelizabeth]

was it an old bite from another mouse maybe??? I had one the other day....but it was definetly bite marks from another one. ick

[MitsuMike]

was it an old bite from another mouse maybe??? I had one the other day....but it was definetly bite marks from another one. ick

Idk it takes like 30 min to get to the pet store and I was wondering if I would just feed it to my snake? From my knowledge of parasites idk any that cause a sore like this.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Chances are it is..

A) A bite from another mouse.
B) A cancer tumor which is common on some mice.
C) A viral tumor. Also common on certain rodents.

Either way. It can be fed to the snake. Those of us that breed rodents for our snakes will feed off the ones that become injured, old, or get tumors on them. To keep the colonies healthy. It has never been shown to be harmful to feed a snake one of these rodents.

[MitsuMike]

^Wow really it is no harm to my little boy?
Should I just thaw out one and exchange it tom?

[BPelizabeth]

ahhh....good to know...thank you.

By the way....Foschi....did you sneak into my house last night and take a picture of Bob the high mait. beardie and put his cuteness on your avatar? lol

[Kaorte]

If it was a bite, then that is obviously not harmful to your snake.

If it happens to be a virus or a disease it is most likely not something that could be transmitted to your snake.

[MitsuMike]

If it was a bite, then that is obviously not harmful to your snake.

If it happens to be a virus or a disease it is most likely not something that could be transmitted to your snake.

Sweet so I'm all good to go to feed the mouse?

[zantedeschia]

Mice fight and bite each other, esp the males. Bite marks are common.

So's other stuff. This past week I bought 4 live hoppers. Got home, opened the little bag and found one of them didn't have a tail! Had a dot on his butt where his tail was supposed to be. Snake didn't care, ate it fine.

[MitsuMike]

Thanks guys I was just worried. All snakes fed now off to study.