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Feeding live for the first time

Nova_C

Nova_C

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So I recently moved and my snake hasn't eaten in three weeks because the only pet store in the place I moved to that carried feeder mice had no frozen in stock. I just learned that the order that was supposed to arrive today didn't and they wouldn't be getting any more frozen mice for two more weeks.

The have live mice, though. Cerberus is four years old and has only ever eaten frozen mice. How dangerous is it to feed him a live mouse now while I wait for more frozen to arrive?
 
Yeah, I would knock the mouse over the head before giving it to him. Or have a CO2 chamber to put it in... Or like what was already suggested, ask them to do the mouse in for you.

All it takes is one live feeding for your snake to get killed by a bite to the head, or through some internal organs. Also, infections are always a risk with mouse bites.
 
I would wait. You have a four year old and I presume a healthy weight so it wouldn't hurt the snake per sa.

Or just stun the mouse snake but I still favor waiting.
 
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Have them kill it and freeze it for you, or kill it and take it home and freeze it imho. I like making sure anything on them is killed as well, in addition to wanting the safest for mysnakes.
 
Put it in a pillow case, thwack it against cement as hard as possible. Once to kill it, twice to make sure it's dead. Viola! Problem solved.
 
Cervical dislocation.
Put the mouse on a table. Put a pencil behind its head. Holding the pencil firmly, tug the tail hard. This should dislocate the spine, killing the mouse instantly.
Freeze the mouse overnight, then feed.

Or, just wait. Your snake won't mind all that much.
 
Thanks for all the advice - I was able to stun the mouse before hand. Definitely would prefer to feed frozen, though.

Cerb was unusually aggressive this time, probably from the length since his last feeding. After he started eating he'd rattle his tail every time I got anywhere close to him, something I've never seen him do before.

Anyway, he should be good until frozen become available again.
 
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