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this is about the mice
- Thread starter snkegrl
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moreptiles
New member
I agree with Cowboy. Think about it. When you put a mouse in with a snake, it will be immediately contaminated with the remnants of feces of the snake. If you feed it to another snake, you are feeding some of the feces of the first snake with the mouse. Since many diseases of snakes are fecal born, then you are immediately exposing the second snake to the disease of the first one.
The only safe alternative is to dangle the mouse by the tail when you offer it to the snake without touching the floor. If the snake doesn't want it, then you could safely feed it to the next one since it hasn't touched anything on the floor of the cage.
imho\
Mark
The only safe alternative is to dangle the mouse by the tail when you offer it to the snake without touching the floor. If the snake doesn't want it, then you could safely feed it to the next one since it hasn't touched anything on the floor of the cage.
imho\
Mark
CAV
Dazed and Cornfused
I don't feed in the cage and I practice rabid sterilization so I'm not overly worried about "cross-fecal contamination". I think that basic husbandry skills should eliminate that concern.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating sacrificing the health of the snake for a larger profit margin, just trying to apply some common sense. When you feed more than 30-40 snakes at a single setting, you notice that up to 10-20% may not eat for various reasons (Shed cycle, breeding activities, ect) I plan for this and feed the ones that I think may refuse food first. If I am right and they don't eat, I simply offer it to another right away. For folks that earn a living breeding reptiles, tossing every morsal would be a substantial annual expense. I can't imagine that throwing out perfectly good food items would be a viable business decision.
I would be interested in hearing what some of the larger breeders have to say on this topic.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating sacrificing the health of the snake for a larger profit margin, just trying to apply some common sense. When you feed more than 30-40 snakes at a single setting, you notice that up to 10-20% may not eat for various reasons (Shed cycle, breeding activities, ect) I plan for this and feed the ones that I think may refuse food first. If I am right and they don't eat, I simply offer it to another right away. For folks that earn a living breeding reptiles, tossing every morsal would be a substantial annual expense. I can't imagine that throwing out perfectly good food items would be a viable business decision.
I would be interested in hearing what some of the larger breeders have to say on this topic.
snakemanone
New member
I USED TO
PLACE THEM BACK.
in the freezer untill last year i fed a re-frozen mouse to my adult male and within 4 hours it was dead,i dont know if the two are related but i will NEVER do it again.
STEVE.......
PLACE THEM BACK.
in the freezer untill last year i fed a re-frozen mouse to my adult male and within 4 hours it was dead,i dont know if the two are related but i will NEVER do it again.
STEVE.......