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#1143255
Brad88
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I FEEL BAD..SO BAD 
ive got an adult corn snake wich i bought not long ago but ive found out it only eats live prey so i got 1 of my pet mice and chucked it in the cage..[it took me ages too]...the mice was taking the pi*s out of the snake because it was climbing all over him..lol...then the mouse started to nibble on the snake then BAMM!!!!! THE SNAKE GOT HIM....but then once the snake had curled around the mouse i noticed the mouse biting the s*it out of my snake so i hit the mouse on the head with my camera but it still kept biting for about 10 seconds..i thought DAM the snakes gonna have a big hold in the side..lol..if you,d have seen the way the mouse was biting, DAM!!!...THEN i left my snake to eat him exspecting the snake to be bleeding bad..BUT when i went to check there was nothing not even a scratch. and the mouse was biting near the snakes neck where its thin..but nothing...i was wondering have snakes got some sort of rubber skin or somet?
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01/22/07 03:00pm
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#1143278
JackAsp
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Message To: Brad88 In reference to Message Id: 1143255
I FEEL BAD..SO BAD
They’re skin’s are pretty resistant. Not impermeable, but I’ve seen the same thing happen. Just always be on the lookout for wounds and be ready to put some ointment on them. I’m surprised he ate after you were in there whacking with a camera, but I’m glad the mouse didn’t go to waste. What I’ve always done when I had to break things up was grab the base of the mouse’s skull with my thumb and index finger and crack them by squeezing. You should try out of cage feeding, though, if he insists on live. That way he can choose the precise moment that he wants to go into the feeding container and grab the mouse from above, then he can just drop in and wrap around with the muzzle held pointing away from his coils. And any time you get an obviously aggressive one (sometimes they get a little upset on the way home from the pet shop) just kill it and see if he’s ready to eat dead yet. If not, freeze it and get another mouse in a day or two. Your eventual goal is still to switch him over. I had one snake that wouldn’t consistantly eat dead food until he was eight years old, but eventually he was eating f/t with no hesitation.
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01/22/07 03:19pm
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#1143291
Angela123
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Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1143278
I FEEL BAD..SO BAD
i must be wrong but i thought it was against the law to feed live mice to snakes
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01/22/07 03:30pm
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#1143302
Your_only_nightmare
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Message To: Angela123 In reference to Message Id: 1143291
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you can do what i did, it was harsh, but for me it was a ccsident, i was breeding mice, and basically,i was killing adult by hitting them over the head.. now, i didint do one hard, but it made it all dizzy basically, and it couldnt walk straight btu for the snake.. it will still be alive, just dont hit it as hard as you would to kill it or stun it
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01/22/07 03:39pm
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#1143395
Brad88
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Message To: Your_only_nightmare In reference to Message Id: 1143302
I FEEL BAD..SO BAD
if it came to either my snake starving or killing a mouse i know wich 1 id choose.....is there anything i could do to the mouse so it would still be alive but less enigetic[spelt wrong]...i was thinking of putting the mouse in a tubaware with no holes and putting in the fridge for some time would that work..and how long should i leave the mouse in there?
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01/22/07 04:53pm
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#1143397
Your_only_nightmare
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Message To: Brad88 In reference to Message Id: 1143395
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yeah smack it over the head, like i said, but not to hard, so you dont kill it, it will just make it dizzy like, it will stumble round, in allot of pain, but then the snake will go, wow, its alive i will eat it
or you can try wiggling round fresh killed
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01/22/07 04:54pm
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#1143416
Brad88
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Message To: Your_only_nightmare In reference to Message Id: 1143397
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is there any other way id rather not play baseball with its head..lol
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01/22/07 05:05pm
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#1143856
Kaz982
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Message To: Brad88 In reference to Message Id: 1143416
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yea u could give it somethin 2 nibble on they take more notice in eaten than the snake, im not certain jus sumink i read up!
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01/22/07 08:34pm
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#1144631
Your_only_nightmare
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Message To: Kaz982 In reference to Message Id: 1143856
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yeah, but as soon as the snake has it, the mice can just bite it, youd be amazed how fllexible those horrid things are
and lol, baseball with its heac
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01/23/07 01:14pm
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#1144657
Brad88
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Message To: Your_only_nightmare In reference to Message Id: 1144631
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have u got any ideas your_only_nightmare?
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01/23/07 01:49pm
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#1145120
Froggymadnes
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Message To: Brad88 In reference to Message Id: 1144657
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i always feed live... its more natural
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01/23/07 08:21pm
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#1146016
Indianacornsnake_FW
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Message To: Froggymadnes In reference to Message Id: 1145120
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It’s not against the law to feed live food to pets. Alot of people will advise you to feed dead/frozen to your snakes to get rid of the parasites/ mites or what ever little thing is growing on the food.
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01/24/07 02:36pm
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#1147085
Bazooka Jo
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Message To: Indianacornsnake_FW In reference to Message Id: 1146016
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It’s legal to feed live in the U.S. I’m not sure, but I think it’s illegal in England.
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01/25/07 09:44am
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#1147219
Angela123
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Message To: Bazooka Jo In reference to Message Id: 1147085
I FEEL BAD..SO BAD
i have been told by many people that it is against the law here (England) never seen it written anywhere though.
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01/25/07 12:42pm
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#1147232
Your_only_nightmare
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Message To: Angela123 In reference to Message Id: 1147219
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it is illegal in the uk, and i have found it in writing
erm, i dont have any more idea, most you can do,o is get some frozen ones, and just try to convert him, by thawing it out, in hot water, making it warm, and wiggling it
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01/25/07 12:52pm
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#1147357
Cornsnakelover
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Message To: Your_only_nightmare In reference to Message Id: 1147232
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Um just pick the live mouse up by the scruff of the neck with tweasers and hold it in front of your snake its that easy.
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01/25/07 03:25pm
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#1147360
Cornsnakelover
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Message To: Your_only_nightmare In reference to Message Id: 1147232
I FEEL BAD..SO BAD
Um just pick the live mouse up by the scruff of the neck with tweasers and hold it in front of your snake its that easy, this way you don’t have to feel sorry for the mouse and you don’t have to wory about it hurting your snake. (trust me I dont feel bad for mice)
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01/25/07 03:26pm
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#1147373
Your_only_nightmare
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Message To: Cornsnakelover In reference to Message Id: 1147360
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a mouse being constricted can still hurt the snake, they kick, have flexible necks, and can bite
here, cheack this out, and before anyoneses, it was left alone, its a rat and boa, i know, but its still an effect of live feeding
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i know this guy cant help feeding live, but obviosly wants to convert, for the snakes sake too
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01/25/07 03:39pm
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#1147391
Wisema2297
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Message To: Your_only_nightmare In reference to Message Id: 1147373
I FEEL BAD..SO BAD
You should have no problem converting to pre killed prey. I’ve never know a corn snake to not convert. Even wild caught corns will eat f/t on the first or second attempt. Just let your snake get good and hungary before feeding him. If you have to, skip 2-3 meals. Let him go a while with out food. This will not harm in any way. They are designed by nature to go longer than that with no food and will not lose more than an ounce or two of weight. It shouldn’t take long before he will convert pre killed. Once he is eating pre killed then switch to f/t.
For any pre killed he refuses, put it in the freezer and save it for when he is eating them.
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01/25/07 03:54pm
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