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Impacted???

You could probably take the snake and run to the faucet with it, too...

Kathy... :puke01: Snip the mouse in half! It's just easier to feed in a tub if you don't have a billion snakes. It gives me a chance to clean and change the water and all that, while the snake is somewhere else.

Nanci
 
Sam:
1. It's your money, do what you want with it, others be-damned. (By some 'arguments' here, who needs a crotch-rocket when a moped will get you to the same place . . . and probably safer?!)
2. Your mouse exploded due to overheating. I've done it (often) myself, so thawing out mice isn't any kind of "expert" routine. Don't worry about it.
3. I've fed on aspen exclusively for my juvenile through adult snakes and have had zero impaction problems (knock on wood). If you are aware of the consequences and eventualities you make your decisions for yourself. I do keep my hatchlings on paper towels until they begin accepting fuzzies.
4. Be informed, meaning research all possibilities, and make your decisions based on that information. Don't be bullied into making your decisions because you are going to find many differences of opinion on many different subjects.

:)
D80
 
Great advice Drizzt80!

Yes, it probably is a lot easier and safer to feed in a separate cup / tub, especially if you don't have too many snakes. I put all of my babies in cups, but not my adults (would take too many large tubs).

Back when I used to keep clutches or half clutches of babies together until their first meal, I would throw pinks in and carefully watch them eat together (for their first meal). The free-for-all seemed to stimulate feeding response. But as you would expect, many took decided to start on opposite sides of the same pink. So I would cut the pink in half. More trouble than it was worth! So now I separate them before they even get their first meal. But if for some reason somebody did not want to feed in a tub, the scissors should be kept handy.
 
I've overheated plenty of mice in hot water and they've exploded too. My snakes actually seem to like the stinky guts better. Yuk...go figure. My babies are housed in seperate deli containers on paper towel so that I can feed them in there to avoid stress. Easy to clean and I can keep track easily of who ate and who didn't just by glancing in the cup.
 
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