Switching from live mice to Frozen/Thawed?

[tttaylorrr]

have you ever had issues with the snakes confusing food time with being taken out of the enclosure to hang out?

Not even once only ones that strike are the babies and thats just because thats just what they do haha

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OP "cage aggression" is a common myth. i, nor anyone here, have ever had a snake learn that hand = food. feeding in a separate enclosure provides no benefit to the snake or keeper and can cause more problems than it solves.

feed in the enclosure.

[ebbanflo]

Fresh killed can be kinda messy for you. You might not have it in you to do it. Bassicaly all you do is kill the mouse so the snake doesn't have to. This protects the snake and kills the mouse faster than then snake can. You just take your mouse and grab firmly bring its head and at the base of its tail. Then quick and hard pull in opposite directions and you will break the mouses neck. It's not to much fun to do to a poor little mouse so it's not very common. Other people who do fresh killed often make little co2 gas chambers to gas out the mice. That's problebly the most humane way to do it. So that's what fresh killed is. I'm not a huge fan of it, makes me feel bad after. But you asked. :-/


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thank you for explaining, defintely interseting in the conquest for f/t, the thing im worried about the most is the fact that hes so used to movement before the kill, maybe the heat of the freshly killed will confuse it if I can get it to 'dance' enough to seem life like.

still intense tho, but again, circle of life right..

[dylan815]

thank you for explaining, defintely interseting in the conquest for f/t, the thing im worried about the most is the fact that hes so used to movement before the kill, maybe the heat of the freshly killed will confuse it if I can get it to 'dance' enough to seem life like.

still intense tho, but again, circle of life right..

Yes, the mouse is still the same temp exactly as it was when it was alive.


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[ebbanflo]

OP "cage aggression" is a common myth. i, nor anyone here, have ever had a snake learn that hand = food. feeding in a separate enclosure provides no benefit to the snake or keeper and can cause more problems than it solves.

feed in the enclosure.

Would you suggest that the next time I feed I just do it in the enclosure? Should I worry about him being confused about whats happening?

Sorry super new to a lot of this still!!

[tttaylorrr]

Would you suggest that the next time I feed I just do it in the enclosure? Should I worry about him being confused about whats happening?

Sorry super new to a lot of this still!!

absolutely. as soon as he smells the prey item, he'll know what's up. there's no confusion once he takes a whiff.

[monks98]

Would you suggest that the next time I feed I just do it in the enclosure? Should I worry about him being confused about whats happening?

Sorry super new to a lot of this still!!

A human and a rat or mouse smell different, have different temps generally and move different. I have been bitten by one of our BPs but it wasn't during feeding at all and it was partially my fault and partially inevitable. We thaw all our rats IN our snake room for 2 or 3 hours prior to a hot water dunk to get the snakes riled up. And even doing that I have still never been bitten and once or twice a snake will come out of its tub looking and it needs to be picked up and placed back in by hand.

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[dylan815]

absolutely. as soon as he smells the prey item, he'll know what's up. there's no confusion once he takes a whiff.

I guess I've had different experiences with feeding in a separate container. When I had my baby red tail I always fed her in a separate contain. She's never taken a nip at me except when she's in that container. Even if I put her in there and don't have mice out or smell like them she'll come flying out to bite at me if I take the lid off.


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[ebbanflo]

I guess I've had different experiences with feeding in a separate container. When I had my baby red tail I always fed her in a separate contain. She's never taken a nip at me except when she's in that container. Even if I put her in there and don't have mice out or smell like them she'll come flying out to bite at me if I take the lid off.


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INteresting. I will defintely report back after feeding in the enclosure next time around to let you all know if anything strange or unusual happened.

[ebbanflo]

Update! My BP Jake after two weeks of refusing has taken f/t mice! Just had to move it around to trick him a little thanks for all help!!


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