Bubbles' Arrival!

[Ax01]

i have a Black Pastel Champagne that was very hissy and snappy when i first got her. but she no longer strikes, but is still very head shy. she tolerates being held, but always seems very tense and flighty. it took awhile to switch her to f/t and she won't eat half the time while in shed. i'm luck that she at least comes out of her hide when she smells rats being warmed up during feed night.

your Champagne will come around. some need more time to settle in than others. you should troubleshoot your husbandry if her behavior continues and u notice her losing weight, etc.

Eeewww, I really hope she doesn't insist on live. I don't like the killing scene or the possibility of harm to her. There's also the possibility of a rat escape. Crickets are bad enough. And what do you do with the awful rodent if she doesn't eat it?

u can raise the rodent and offer it next time or euthanize it/freeze it for later.

[Rikoku]

u can raise the rodent and offer it next time or euthanize it/freeze it for later.

What would be the best way to euthanize a feeder rat that my BP wont take? Do I freeze it right away?

[Ax01]

u can raise the rodent and offer it next time or euthanize it/freeze it for later.

What would be the best way to euthanize a feeder rat that my BP wont take? Do I freeze it right away?

u can gas them with CO2 or dry ice.

if u don't have those means, u have to get hands on and perform cervical dislocation. it is important that u get this method right to make the death as painless as possible to the rodent. (and least traumatizing to u)

this guy does it perfectly. he euthanizes dozens of mice efficiently and painlessly.



unless u are gonna offer up the freeze kill, pack them and freeze them.