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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Why don't you feed prekilled? Your snake can get fresher food and you don't have to worry about your snakes getting injured by live prey.

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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by MD_Pythons View Post
    Why don't you feed prekilled? Your snake can get fresher food and you don't have to worry about your snakes getting injured by live prey.
    I personally don’t worry that my snake might get injured. Boa is a skilled talented hunter. It’s a joy to watch him hunt and how he is proud of his kill after the hunt smelling it from top to bottom. He uses his energy and power and stay active. And killing a small rat or a mouse is a simple thing to do, but hitting a jumbo rat on the head until it dies is more difficult, takes more time. I prefer that the snake do the job.

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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by Dutti View Post
    I personally don’t worry that my snake might get injured. Boa is a skilled talented hunter. It’s a joy to watch him hunt and how he is proud of his kill after the hunt smelling it from top to bottom. He uses his energy and power and stay active. And killing a small rat or a mouse is a simple thing to do, but hitting a jumbo rat on the head until it dies is more difficult, takes more time. I prefer that the snake do the job.
    Actually the most humane way to kill them is to do cervical dislocation which takes about a second.

    And even a skilled hunter can make a mistake or miss.

    'A joy to watch him hunt'? It's a snake eating a rat where both are contained in a 4x2 or 6x3 box. Hardly hunting. Thats like being proud you shot a fish in a barrel lol.

    And eating a FT or live rat both uses energy and power. Not sure about your boa but mine slam FT rats and rabbits with authority. You want real power, get a retic. They take eating to the next level. Caesar slams his guinea pigs so hard he rattles all the doors in the cage stack. It's actually kind of scary.

    And you can enjoy the snake doing 'its job' until it misses and get bit, then you get to do your job of taking it to the vet lol.
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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by Sauzo View Post
    Actually the most humane way to kill them is to do cervical dislocation which takes about a second.

    And even a skilled hunter can make a mistake or miss.

    'A joy to watch him hunt'? It's a snake eating a rat where both are contained in a 4x2 or 6x3 box. Hardly hunting. Thats like being proud you shot a fish in a barrel lol.

    And eating a FT or live rat both uses energy and power. Not sure about your boa but mine slam FT rats and rabbits with authority. You want real power, get a retic. They take eating to the next level. Caesar slams his guinea pigs so hard he rattles all the doors in the cage stack. It's actually kind of scary.

    And you can enjoy the snake doing 'its job' until it misses and get bit, then you get to do your job of taking it to the vet lol.
    This isn't worth our time, he'll just have to learn the hard way

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    Re: Frozen food can kill not injure your snake

    Quote Originally Posted by MD_Pythons View Post
    This isn't worth our time, he'll just have to learn the hard way
    Lol so true. I dont know why i keep replying to him. It's almost as bad as my obsession for keeping snakes
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