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 #564545


Jeica
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  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Do u feed ur corn live or pre-killed mice?

In one sentence tell me why.

Thank u.




12/05/05  10:53am

 #564570


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 564545


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Both. I ahve Ws that I use for edu. classes tht only accept live, and I feed f/t and prekilled fro my cb or WCs that accept them for saftey reasons.
12/05/05  11:22am

 #564573


Chishower
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 564570


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

I feed f/t, and will start feeding live soon. The only frozen mice I can get around here are of horrid quality, but I take care of the feeders where I work..so..its a trade off. However, there is no way I am just throwing the mouse or rat in and leaving. Live feeding is fine IF you do it right.
12/05/05  11:27am

 #564614


SCSnakeman
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   Message To: Chishower   In reference to Message Id: 564573


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Both, ditto Reptilover
12/05/05  12:12pm

 #564619


Jessica71
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   Message To: SCSnakeman   In reference to Message Id: 564614


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Frozen thawed. My snakes have been brought up to take them from tiny babies - two of them I hatched and brought up myself - plus feeding live is frowned on in the UK (and safety reasons as above).
12/05/05  12:22pm

 #564623


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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 564545


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

I feed both because I have a few snakes that go off feed occassionally and feeding a live pink seems to help get them interested in eating again.



12/05/05  12:27pm

 #564633


Jeica
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   Message To: Chishower   In reference to Message Id: 564573


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Live feeding is fine IF you do it right.

Can u give me more info in this please. Thank u



12/05/05  12:33pm

 #564657


Mitch78
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 564545


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

i feed frozen i feel its safer for my snake
12/05/05  01:07pm

 #564720


Looney-45
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   Message To: Mitch78   In reference to Message Id: 564657


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

got to be frozen for my snakes !!!
12/05/05  02:09pm

 #564732


Zodiac
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   Message To: Looney-45   In reference to Message Id: 564720


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

I feed my baby corns frozen/thawed. My sub-adult corn was fed live all it’s life, but trying to give it f/t. It ate 2 live fuzzies when I first brought her home. It’s been about 2 or 3 weeks and still no success on feeding her frozen :/ And my Brazilian Rainbow Boa was raised on live pinkies, but now I have her and I got her to eat 1 f/t pinkie.... now to get her to fuzzies. She bites them, constricts them, and ignores them lol. But I prefer F/T over live because of less worrying on my part.
12/05/05  02:20pm

 #565724


Jeica
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   Message To: Chishower   In reference to Message Id: 564573


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Hey chrishower,
u said that life feeding is fine if u do it right can u tell me how to do this.
12/06/05  02:58pm

 #565727


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 565724


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Live can never be fully safe. I ahd a rescue ball python once. It was rarley fed. And it would only accpet live. THE first mouse it had, it went in to fast, and when it bit, it left the mouses head exposed. THE mouse out of fear, bit a nice chunk out of the sanke. THE mouse was fully gutoladed, had plenty of water, and was supervised 100% btu the way the sanke bit it left it open to attack.
12/06/05  03:02pm

 #565732


Water~
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 565727


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Jeica,
I feed only live to my RTB. The way I keep him (and me) safe is by doing and having the following: we feed in a large steralite container (NEVER in his cage) We always have gloves and a hook ready (in case the rat bites or something similar happens) We made sure our Vet knows that we feed live and have his emergency phone #, We also keep peroxide and triple antibiotic ointment on hand. If the rat seems overly aggressive we stun it (My fiance does it but basically he puts in a box and shakes it a few times to daze it so it is not so aggressive) and last but not least NEVER EVER LEAVE YOUR SNAKE ALONE! You should be watching him from the time he is in the feeding cage till the time you put him back into his regular cage. Also just for precautionary measure we always drop the rat/mouse in behind the snake b/c Sully strikes almost as soon as he sees it.



12/06/05  03:11pm

 #565794


Jeica
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   Message To: Water~   In reference to Message Id: 565732


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

thank u water,
I’m printing this and taking it home so i can keep researching, cause I’m still not sure on what I’m going to feed. See my husband is really big on not babying kids or animals so he wanted to feed live, but I’m a girl after all so is in my nature to baby kids and animals so i still have to think about it. And that is why i started this poll so thank you guys 4 all the info..
12/06/05  04:10pm

 #565808


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 565794


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

TIs ont really babying. Prekilled is safer hands down, no questions asked. Live always has some sort of risk.
12/06/05  04:24pm

 #565817


Water~
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 565808


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Reptilover is right about there always being a risk when feeding live. If you do decide to feed live........ I hide like a big baby I can’t stand to watch my fiance always feeds Sully. I even have a pet mouse.....so it is OK to be a girlie girl just hide like I do at feeding time ..... actually I usually go shopping



12/06/05  04:31pm

 #565823


Jeica
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 565808


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Hey i read somewhere can’t remember where now but anyways, that u can kill the mouse with dry ice, i guess putting the dry ice in the bucket and then placing the mouse in it does anyone know if this really works.



12/06/05  04:35pm

 #565828


Water~
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 565823


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

It does but I think it is even more cruel to do that then feed it alive. It just freezes the mouse/rat same as if you put them in a plastic bag and stuck it in the freezer it just happens faster.



12/06/05  04:38pm

 #565838


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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 565823


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Well, the thing about dry ice is that it is frozen carbon dioxide, which should put the mouse to sleep and slowly poison it to death.

I don’t know whether or not a mouse killed in this way would be safe to feed to your snake.

I would recommend consulting a vet or expert before using this method. I would definitely consult someone who has done it before. Dry ice can be very dangerous.
12/06/05  04:47pm

 #565842


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Water~   In reference to Message Id: 565828


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

The best way to do ti with dry ice is. Take a large ziplock container, fill it halfway full of hot water. THen take a smaller container and punch a few holes in it. Put the mouse in the smaller container, put the top on it. THen put the dry cie in the water and close the other lid. Its baically a gas cahmber. TO kill mice I usually give them a nice hard wack and it kills them instantly. But you can always order frozen mice in bulk cheaper than buying live.
12/06/05  04:49pm

 #565847


Jeica
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   Message To: Water~   In reference to Message Id: 565828


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Hey water how u get ur mice.?
12/06/05  04:54pm

 #566614


Jeica
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 565842


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

what do u hit them with ?
12/07/05  01:46pm

 #566619


Water~
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 566614


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

We did breed our own but my asthma went crazy now we buy them from a pet store (we go in about every day and they breed their own mice/rats) and they give us dicounts for buying there all the time.
Well to stun them we just put them in the card board box they come in and shake it really hard once or twice if you want to kill it you can just shake it more (but I would prefer to just snap its neck or something less painful for the animal) I have heard of people putting it in a pillow case or bag and hitting it on the wall but that would get kinda messy.



12/07/05  01:52pm

 #566627


Jeica
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   Message To: Water~   In reference to Message Id: 566619


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

to water:
yeah the pillow thing sounds kind of nasty, but I’m ok with the shaking
12/07/05  02:06pm

 #566629


Water~
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 566627


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

Yeah it seems to work the best to stun them. So you are going to keep feeding live then? Sully won’t eat F/T he was raised on live and has been bit like 3 times just tiny bits that some peroxide and antibiotic cream fixed. The first time we gave him a rat we stunned it and he just looked at it for a while like OK what am I supposed to do with this. Then he finally figured it out when it started twitching. Now he gets them live (not stunned) and he is one happy camper that hasn’t missed 1 meal since we got him!
12/07/05  02:14pm

 #566644


Jeica
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   Message To: Water~   In reference to Message Id: 566629


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

i don’t have my snake yet I’m just trying to get some information before i do get her. i haven’t decided yet on which on to feed probably pre-killed.
12/07/05  02:32pm

 #566669


Water~
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 566644


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

If it will take pre-killed that is best. Sully won’t so we give him what he wants. The people on this site have and will damn me to hell for feeding live but oh well I take every precaution I can to see that my snake is not harmed. As for the mouse/rat I feel bad really I make sure it has some treats and is comfy if it isn’t eatin right away. I have a pet mouse and have had pet rats sometimes you just do what you have to even if others dont’ agree.

So what type of snake are you leaning toward? Oh wait lemme guess a corn snake right? I forgot which forum I was in for a sec!



12/07/05  02:47pm

 #566680


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Water~   In reference to Message Id: 566669


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

THe pillow case isnt messey. I usually smack them against a brick or toss them on the floor. I recently fed hampsters and used the pillow case method, worked ffine no problems.
12/07/05  02:58pm

 #566769


Jeica
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 566680


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

to reptilover:
yeah, it just probably sounds nasty but i am taking all suggestions so thanks.

to water:
i want to get a okeetee creamsicle.

thank u guys



12/07/05  04:18pm

 #566773


Water~
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   Message To: Jeica   In reference to Message Id: 566769


  Feeding Poll !?!?!?!?

oooo very nice snake! I love my RTB and wouldn’t trade him for the world but my very 1st snake was an albino corn snake named Cornelius. My mom wouldn’t let my keep him when my ex-fiance and I broke up.



12/07/05  04:21pm
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