prekilling your snake's prey by yourself?

[rabernet]

i don't want a chunk of dry ice finding it's way into one of the hands of my kids, so that's a no-go. i also don't wanna beat the hell out of a rat. i think i'll just try to feed a smaller prey item and find a way to hold it down until the snake has attacked it.

Here's the good news - you don't have to use dry ice. Here's another alternative for making a CO2 chamber. Again - this states that CO2 is recognized as a HUMANE method of pre-killing your prey.

I personally will never support bashing or stunning of prey. I don't care if someone doesn't have feelings for the prey - it's cruel and not necessary when f/t is available to purchase and a CO2 chamber is so easy to make.

I feed live, and I've never stunned a prey item.

http://www.thereddragonsden.com/co2.htm