Discussion: Removing parts of F/T prey??

[Joykoins]

I clip beaks and sharp toenails/claws from fowl that I feed, as they have been known to scratch up the inside of a snake badly enough to get infected and eventually kill the animal.

Otherwise if I remove parts of a f/t feeder it's because I need that part for a specific purpose, such as feeding a tail to a snake that will take it as a "worm", or a hind leg from a jumbo mouse as an assist-fed meal for a non-feeding small snake.

wow! I've never thought to use limbs as feed for smaller reptiles. Thats a great idea! How do you get them to eat it in the right orientation or does it not matter which end of the leg they start from? How can they recognize it as food since it doesn't have a face? How do you remove the leg?