Originally Posted by lenastorms
No the mice aren't old, so thats OK. When see squeezed all the insides decided to come out. It was nasty! Then she went and slithered through the goo after she ate. YUCK!
Ah yes, the exploding smelly mouse trick. I have had this happen before, and it's nasty.
Some things that I have noticed about rodent explosions:
For whatever reason they seem to happen more with mice than rats, maybe a thinner stomach wall?
It happens more if you get the rodent really hot on the heating pad. As a result, I've tried a more gentle warming procedure and it seems to have helped. I let the FT prey thaw to room temp, then do a human heating pad on low for quite some time. After they are warm, I crank the heating pad to high for just a couple minutes to give them that nice heat signature.
Hope that helps,
JonV
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