You are GROSSLY mis-informed about how to prekill a live feeder. Cervical dislocation is not strangling nor is co2 gas. With the first, the rat dies as near instantly as you can get from having its spine severed at the brain stem. The second, the rats get sleepy and drift off slowly. Both of these are the most humane option for prekilling prey items. They are handled gently and respectfully leading up to the event and experience little to no pain or fear at all. Bashing the rat into the wall is NOT humane. You can not guarantee that your prey item will be killed the on first smack 100% of the time this way, even if you are big and strong, and the rat is tiny and fragile. That means a great deal of pain and fear for that prey. additionally, a rat knocked unconcious or sufficiently stunned can fool you into thinking it's dead when it isn't, and then it will wake up into PAIN/FEAR/DEFEND SELF mode. You'll find the older mice and rats will start to be more resilient, and while hoppers might not do much damage, you do not want to see what happens when a panicked feeder wakes up out of a daze and sees a snake.Originally Posted by the I-Many
I make sure they're dead. My bp just graduated to hoppers so it's relatively easy. Physically that is. Emotionally ehhh.... hahaha
For the sake of both the prey and your snake, please research and learn how to prekill correctly, or just switch to either straight up live or f/t.
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