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Mice from the wild

gelshark

gelshark

 
I know you shouldn't feed corn snakes wild mice because of potential parasites and what not, but what if you you froze that wild mouse. Would that take care of the potential problems?
Also, those of you that breed your feeder mice and then freeze them - if you kill the mice with CO2 before freezing, how do you do that step?
 
Personally I'd be confident about the freezing killing off parasites, but you wouldn't know if the mice had eaten any toxic substances:shrugs:
 
They would have to be frozen for quite a while, like a week or 2. And yes, it would do nothing for any toxic substances, insecticides, fertilizers, who knows what else.

Not really worth the trouble or the risk to save a minimal amount of cash.
 
no I wouldnt advice is either I caught a wild one a while back in a trap and although it looked healthy enough you never know what its eaten or if it really is healthy. Better be safe then sorry and stick to ones you know are bred for feeders.
 
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