How do I go about killing my snakes food

[snake_girl]

will my common red tail boa (female) need to be fed rabbits when she reaches her full length.

and if so how do I go about kill the rabbits?

thanks Grace

[snakedude_03]

CO2?

[reverendsterlin]

I feed 3-6 rabbits a month and use the pillowcase meets the concrete method, wouldn't do it on the wood floor like I do the rats and mice but still the same method

[Linds]

Same as rats or mice. You can either gas them with C02 or grab them by the back of the legs and hit them off a wall (or whatever else you can find) or bag 'em and hit them off concrete (driveway or floor).

[Shane Tesser]

Rev, remind me never to come to your house for dinner...lmao, shane.

[snake_girl]

I have NO moral problem killing the rabbits, my snakes are ten times more important to me, but is there any other way? can I buy dead? and what is the cost of a rabbit? I'm thinking $20 am I off?

is CO2 kinder then the whacking method?

thanks for your help!

Grace

[snakedude_03]

umm.. CO2 is like putting them to sleep.. whacking is like whacking..

[AzR@k]

umm u can take a pencil and roll it over the back of the preys neck and break the vertabrea

[SilverTongue]

that will always baralize them but not always kill them. Yes you can buy frozen rabbits online. Check kingsnake . com

[reverendsterlin]

Several places online sell frozen with prices from around $8 for a large to $1-2 a pound at other places. I buy from local breeders and pay $10 a rabbit but it shouldn't be hard to find them for around $6. Asking at local feed stores can usually get the name of someone that buys rabbit feed and then making a private deal isn't hard. I go through so many that I have to buy from 3 different people lol.

[Linds]

Feeder rodents are always more economically priced than pet rodents. <a href="http://www.canadianmouseman.com">The Canadian Mouseman</a> sells frozen rabbits for $5 - $7.50 depending on size............

[snake_girl]

thanks for the advise!

Grace

[BIG SCOTT]

Try getting a cooler and putting some dry ice in it with the rabbit then put the lid on .The gasses from the dry ice will kill the rabbits!

[SilverTongue]

btw I have thought of doing that also, do i need to wet the dry ice first???

[jason h]

well i feed many of my snakes rabbits and the ones i feed die of blunt crainial(sp) trauma thus at the end of a well placed hammer to the base of the skullthis will end there life post haste. 20 bucks for a feeder rabbit is way to much i pay five dollars from a breeder and the pet shop will sell them(when they have them for about 8 bucks :hammer:

[Cidah]

try Rodentpro.com, I hear they're great..