It's just that you'll get more of the vitamins INTO the snake this way (oral cavity of the rodent). You might have to pry open the dead rodents mouth a little so be careful, their teeth can be sharp.
If you know a snake definitely has mites, you need to address that quickly- they can multiply exponentially (NOT kidding!), & overwhelm (kill) a snake, just by the "little bit of blood" each one sucks out. Mites are also thought to spread disease among snakes.
It's so awful, the way some ppl neglect & mistreat animals.![]()