So has anyone done histopathology on this mass to see what it is??? If you have such a low survival rate...why are you doing anything to an animal that has the potential to "split it up the middle"? Or if they survive being squeezed they get to starve to death unless force fed. Torture before death. Great. Really? You realize this bit of tissue is likely adhered to the wall of the intestine/bowel and then you are tearing through the intestine/bowel, through the body wall and the skin when you "split them open"

Why not just HUMANELY euthanise the animal when you notice the issue. I don't care what kind of farming is going on...even large animal farmers use veterinarians, and since the year is now 2012 there are options available to treat and/or euthanise. This is like saying, oh, my newborn puppy has a lump in the belly, so I sqeezed the lump and and OOPs, the belly split open, quick, kill it now" Just because a snake cant scream doesn't mean its not in pain. And to inform other people how to do this??? Lets start a snake splitting forum! Disgusting, irresponsible, horrible