Feeder Question?????????????????????

[reptiledude21]

Hey, my cornsnake has been eating baby pinky mice but sometimes he doesnt want to eat. Is it ok to put the mice i already thawed that he didnt eat back into the freezer?:grab:

[ohh_kristina]

something that has been thawed should not be refrozen... at least that's what my grandmother told me (about food and such).

[NewLineReptile]

I never put them back.

Brandon

[Removed_2815]

I never refreeze prey items. No real reason why I don't and it may be perfectly safe to do so at least once but I would rather use a fresh one. I have a "garbage" snake in my collection (doesn't everyone) who gladly takes prey that another animal refuses so I am rarely faced with having to dispose of a prey item.
Cheers

[Zoe]

When you thaw and refreeze, thaw and refreeze etc it destroys the animal's flesh and organs, basically turning it to mush, making them gross and easy to damage. I also believe that toxins are released through thawing and freezing that you don't want in your snake.

Zoe

[lordkovacs]

yeah, really, it's not worth refreezing. just toss it.

[lordkovacs]

how often are you feeding your corn, and what size prey items? how big is your snake?

[Invictus]

I make it a point never to refreeze.

[marisa]

Same here. Once its thawed it gets eaten by my garbage disposial snake or tossed out.

Marisa

[Colonel SB]

Why take the risk...Pinky's ar cheap just throw the old ones out.

[Simon]

I'd throw mine out....don't want to take the risk...unless there are more than 100 left...which is impossible....since I have so many snakes I bet that there would be some that would eat that 100....lol...

[wyz]

Don't refreeze them and don,t throw them out, buy more snakes :) So if he's not hungry, give it to the next one.

WYZ

[reptiledude21]

Originally posted by lordkovacs
how often are you feeding your corn, and what size prey items? how big is your snake? lordkovacs, im feeding my corn every 4 days, and the prey ive been feeding it is very young pinkies about the size of a dime.... ive had him one week and hes already ate 2 pinkies. he is a Ghost Phase too.

[reptiledude21]

o sorry, he is about a foot long.

[Invictus]

A 12" snake should be feeding on hoppers, not pinkies.