Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
How many and who did they come from? In all the years I've been doing this I have never heard of throat cut rats being sold as feeders. Ever try to hold an adult rat? Ever imagine trying to hold one of those slippery buggers down while slitting it's throat? Umpossable. I suppose there could be a device or machine for such, but it's just so far fetched and impractical.
I was completely with you until I was browsing the feeder section on Fauna and low and behold someone is selling cutthroat mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits! Apparently the drain the blood for the plasma. So my guess would be they have some kind of a device they mount the rodent in to slit the throat and drain the blood.