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    Re: Hamster ball for mice?

    When I used to feed live and I had fighters, I had to stun them by hitting them against the edge of a desk and paralyzing them. It’s not fun or easy really so I recommend switching to frozen. It’s safer, cheaper, and there’s really no difference.


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    Re: Hamster ball for mice?

    Quote Originally Posted by OneEyedFox View Post
    When I used to feed live and I had fighters, I had to stun them by hitting them against the edge of a desk and paralyzing them. It’s not fun or easy really so I recommend switching to frozen. It’s safer, cheaper, and there’s really no difference.


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    Well she's been on frozen for last 8 weeks as our live mice breeder was under reconstruction during this time. I think they reopened 12/1 (first live tonight 1/24) and its been closed since Halloween. Hace been thru a box of frozen. My BP has been anti frozen and it's been a struggle since, but thought I'd treat her till this one mouse came home. Lol

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    Re: Hamster ball for mice?

    Quote Originally Posted by Suitestuff View Post
    Well she's been on frozen for last 8 weeks as our live mice breeder was under reconstruction during this time. I think they reopened 12/1 (first live tonight 1/24) and its been closed since Halloween. Hace been thru a box of frozen. My BP has been anti frozen and it's been a struggle since, but thought I'd treat her till this one mouse came home. Lol

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    Yeah sometimes it can be a hassle to get them to switch over to frozen, just takes time and patience. While switching Calliope over, I had to leave the mice in there over night a few times before he started taking them from my tongs.


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    Re: Hamster ball for mice?

    Quote Originally Posted by Suitestuff View Post
    Well she's been on frozen for last 8 weeks as our live mice breeder was under reconstruction during this time. I think they reopened 12/1 (first live tonight 1/24) and its been closed since Halloween. Hace been thru a box of frozen. My BP has been anti frozen and it's been a struggle since, but thought I'd treat her till this one mouse came home. Lol

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    If the snake is already accepting F/T prey why switch back to live?
    The vast majority prefer feeding F/T, primarily for safety reasons, but also it's better financially and easier to store

    I'm just curious why you would like to go back to feeding live?
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    Re: Hamster ball for mice?

    Quote Originally Posted by OneEyedFox View Post
    When I used to feed live and I had fighters, I had to stun them by hitting them against the edge of a desk and paralyzing them. It’s not fun or easy really so I recommend switching to frozen. It’s safer, cheaper, and there’s really no difference.
    i don't recommend doing that at all. first it's cruel and then it can actually make the wounded prey more defensive. like Deb mentioned above, taking care of the prey until it becomes food is the best way to safely feed live.
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    Re: Hamster ball for mice?

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    i don't recommend doing that at all. first it's cruel and then it can actually make the wounded prey more defensive. like Deb mentioned above, taking care of the prey until it becomes food is the best way to safely feed live.
    Yeah, like I said it isn’t fun or easy. I did it twice before I just decided to switch to ft instead.


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