The Art of Befriending Your BP

[Xazereth]

Uh....yeah that's not....not very kind. Plus, it's not the limbs you have to worry about, it's the teeth. There are two things I would suggest for lives if you're really worried (which is legitimate) about the rodent hurting the snake.

1) Do a "sloppy" cervical dislocation. It's easier than it sounds, if you're new at it, you probably do it all the time. A broken back or a crushed skull will result in a twitching, jumpy mouse that the snake will think as live, but will not be functioning well enough to bite the snake.

2) If you don't want to do a CD, then "twirl" the mouse/rat. They get surprisingly dizzy very easily. Pick them up by the tail and twirl them either by spinning them or just twirling your thumb and forefinger for a bit. Get them good and dizzy and dump them in with the BP, it'll take them a minute to orient themselves and it may be enough time for the snake to grab them before they're able to respond.

Just some ideas...

Reading your post just cracked me up, lol. You're right its not very kind at all. I just couldn't help but notice the mice will scratch like crazy when she curls up on them. Like the really fast, maniacal scratching to try and break free. And then I noticed a little scratch on the top of her the following week, and I'm betting that it was the damn mouse!! I know its cruel...but the damn mouse is going to die anyways and if by some chance that mouse were to hurt her I know I would regret not flailing that little son of a butch in a plastic bag for 20 minutes.

I'll look into the CD..lol, might just stick with the plastic bag. That's not too inhumane anyways.

@Raber Your statistics encourage me to treat the mice better. Lol. I will take this into account!!