Wild mice

[dr del]

I've actually heard from a few hunters of squirrels that you can't eat squirrel during spring/summer because they have worms and other parasites. But once fall/early winter hits and it gets to freezing temperatures at night the worms and parasites die off from the cold. Would this be true for wild mice too? Also I only fed her wild mice that had been in the freezer for more than 24 hours.

I didn't ask whether I should do it or not. I'm going to, my question was more like should I feed it live because I know he'll eat it or freeze it to be sure any parasites are killed off. It has been below 32F several nights in a row so i'm not really that worried about parasites.

Sorry but that's is incorrect info and a false sense of security. The parasites inside a living mammal will survive just fine when the outside temps drop.

Many toxins will be unaffected by freezing and there are diseases and parasites that can also survive for considerable periods of time below zero (usually in the egg stage ).

http://www.popularpets.net/snakes/di...homoniasis.php

http://www.perfectpet.net/faqs.html

http://www.reptilebuzz.com/caresheet...-mice-rats.php


But, since you don't want our advice, I'll just ignore the fact you are intentionally playing russian roulette with your snakes health and assume you also eat crap from the dumpster as your main diet.

Feed your snake a meal from a clean, healthy supply. Everone else has had these ideas before and there is a very compelling set of reasons you don't find the hobby as a whole running around with moustraps.