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Feeders Any and all issues about raising rats, mice, or anything else that you feed your cornsnakes. |
wild mice OK?
09-23-2005, 01:08 PM
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wild mice OK?
I live on a farm, and we have wild mice pretty much on tap(!)
D'you guys reckon it'd be OK to feed them to my lovely cornsnake?
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09-23-2005, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mistafeesh
I live on a farm, and we have wild mice pretty much on tap(!)
D'you guys reckon it'd be OK to feed them to my lovely cornsnake?
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Most keepers will advise against this. Wild prey items may harbor parasites that can be transmitted to your snake(s).
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09-23-2005, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Roy Munson
Most keepers will advise against this. Wild prey items may harbor parasites that can be transmitted to your snake(s).
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I totally agree (Again Dean). While they could be treated it would be a lot easier, cheaper and faster to just buy either live or frozen mice, not to mention safer for the snake, although I would highly recommend feeding frozen thawed (F/T) whenever possible.
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09-23-2005, 03:10 PM
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i have used wild rats to feed boas before, and it wasnt good. they were dead first, but i usually froze them for a week or so before i fed them. one time i had a fresh one and the snake was hungry so i tossed it in fresh, well two weeks later i had one of the worst mite infestations ever. my advice is either buy FT or at least kill and freeze the wild mice for a week or more.
mike
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09-23-2005, 03:40 PM
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Good point....
there is also the possibility of catching a wild mouse with poison in its system.
Domestic feeders are never subjected to parasites or toxins or anything else that might harm your pet. And definately go with f/t if you can, most experianced herpers do.
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09-23-2005, 07:25 PM
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I dont think you guys realise that snakes eat wild mice? It's not like every snake in the world has mites.
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09-23-2005, 07:37 PM
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Snakes in the wild eat what is available to them-wild mice. They don't have someone to make them a nice clean mousicle. That doesn't mean its the best they could get.
Feral cats will eat anything they find, but my house cats are fed Fancy Feast and Iams. I know what is in them and it won't make them ill. IMO don't our pet snakes deserve the same consideration?
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09-23-2005, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Jared
I dont think you guys realise that snakes eat wild mice? It's not like every snake in the world has mites.
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Thanks for the tip professor. They also suffer high mortality rates from basking on busy roadways, from predators, and from parasite infestations. I keep my pet snakes away from asphalt, hawks, and filthy, wild vermin. But you go ahead and do things your way.
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09-23-2005, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Roy Munson
Thanks for the tip professor. They also suffer high mortality rates from basking on busy roadways, from predators, and from parasite infestations. I keep my pet snakes away from asphalt, hawks, and filthy, wild vermin. But you go ahead and do things your way.
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Well said Roy, just wish that i could give you some more rep points right now but i can't. maybe i will remember a little later down the road.
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09-24-2005, 01:39 AM
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I dont think you guys realise that snakes eat wild mice? It's not like every snake in the world has mites.
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Snakes may not, but I've seen my fair share of wild mice dead in a mousetrap with worms poking out of their butts. When the blood stops flowing, the worms usually vacate the premises.
Wild snakes don't have an alternative choice about what they eat. I give my captive snakes a healthy alternative to what's running around outside..the mice I raise myself.
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