Feeding live mice and rats is dangerous... Wives tale?

[Tosha_Mc]

Priceless.

Tosha, you are breaking the rules. you are not talking about first hand experiences... you are talking about rescue turn ins. There is no telling what really happened there... The person may have said "I was feeding my snake, and the rat attacked!" what they didn't tell you was that the rat was probably in the tank for 2 days... or that it was a large rat with 100g snake. Please, first hand experiences only.

Actually I did say I have had snakes bitten and scratched by rodents - myself first hand experience - yes I absolutely know how to properly feed my snakes - these things don't happen over night or by feeding too big or the wrong food item or from a hungry mouse - it takes but a split second for a panicked rat or mouse to grab onto your snake and do some damage.

Anyway - here is a mouser girl that I had get bitten - yes I was watching diligently when it happened - she grabbed the mouse - wrapped it and everything seemed to be fine - until she unwrapped to start eating and I noticed her bleeding - that was two years ago - you can still see the scar on her face - a little more to the left and she could well have lost an eye as it is she has a hard time shedding her head and whistles when she breaths.

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