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Azruial

Azruial

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My sister wants to get rodents to keep as pets and I would feel silly buying them from the pet store for my snake right as I am also dropping off baby ones from my sister (my pet store accepts baby mice that are produced by pets purchased at their store). If I wanted to feed some of them to my snake, are there anything in particular that I would have to do to make them acceptable food for my snake? Also, is there a problem with feeding gerbils rather than mice/rats?
Thanks for any info.
 
Azruial,

I'm terribly sorry that noone has responded to your post, so I will do my best. I'm really quite honestly, not sure about the whole gerbil issue, but if you could talk your sister into getting a breeding pair of mice, you're snake would always have a supply! ;) If you're willing to deal with the odor I've heard accompanies with doing such! I hope a more experienced member can offer you better advice on this! Good luck!
 
Bekah said:
Azruial,

I'm terribly sorry that noone has responded to your post
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Lol, thanks. The problem is that my mom has a thing about mice and rats. Others are fine but no mice
 
Well, my best advice then on your question is that if it doesn't get answered under this forum list it under the "Feeding and Behavior" (I think that's the name it) forum. Hopefully, by keeping this topic open, you'll get an answer from someone who could tell you about gerbils and such. I couldn't honestly tell you, but I will keep my eyes open if I see anything relating to that and if I do, I will post here to let you know, ok? Later!
 
I'v never observed this but I have heard that gerbils are more likely to whoop some snake ass when they have to. I do know that they are very fast, jumpy and nippy when they need to defend themselves, why dont you just feed your snakes frozen thawed? Its safer for the snake, and the rodent won't die a slow suffocating death. Imagine your hands restrained and a car tire around your chest, each time you breath out this massive tire tightens, this happens for about five minutes before your panic takes over then you suffocate- then you die..........That sucks, I realize a rodent may not have the intelligence or thought capacity that humans have, they are living creatures with sight, sound, and memmory, with veins, blood and a heart just as us, and that makes them matter! Who is man to deploy another animals intelligence, entill we "become a rodent" scientific tests prove probability NOT PROOF.
 
hurricanecorn said:
That sucks, I realize a rodent may not have the intelligence or thought capacity that humans have...
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You think that the mice you thaw were happy to die????
And thank you for all your help, I also posted in the feeder forum and got some replys.
 
Do I think they were happy to die??? Yes, some of the may have been suicidal and perhaps that was there goal....OF COURSE THEY WERE NOT HAPPY TO DIE!! Where did you get that from, death is inevitable to all that live and the circle of life will continue, however you missed my very straite forward point, of a humane way to die. I buy my feeders from a store where they are killed and preserved instantly, there is no 5 minutes of suffocation. That was my point einstein, how you missed it is a enigma. Good Luck with all you futer endeavers, like lacing your sneakers.
 
Hurricane,

Please don't take this the wrong way but my goodness...why do some people get so defensive? I really feel it unnecessary for some of those remarks.

Please keep in mind that not everyone hear is an "expert". We're at all different levels and it deeply upsets me to see people looking for answers get bashed...it doesn't make for a good reputation for onesself nor this site.

I wish that if something aggravates a person enough they should just not respond and ignore the post. Remember...we're all here for one common thing...a love of snakes, but at the same time we're all different individuals (just like our snakes are as well) and that should be respected.
 
Gerbiels R very iffy, its harder to sufficate then mice due to thier extra fur. Suffication usally lasts at least 10-15 mins. They seem to deflate their bodies which takes more time for them to die. The best way to feed gerbiels to a snake is to snap their spinal colume. Take a screw driver place it on the base of the back of the neck, apply alittle presure. Hold the tail, or back legs and pull with force once. That should kill the gerbiel. Then it will be safe anough to feed to your snake. It wont be frozen but pre-killed, still warm and fresh.
 
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