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04-16-15, 03:34 PM
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Frozen mice or Live mice?
Im doing a survey for a science project, and im trying to see if more people feed their snakes live mice or frozen/thawed mice. Youre feedback is very appreciated!
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04-17-15, 03:09 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
You don't get a choice in Australia; live feeding is banned.
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04-17-15, 03:27 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Frozen, they won't attack snake in defense. And I love live mices, so I really hate to see (and hear) them dying. 
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04-17-15, 04:48 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Well my snakes eat rats not mice, but I feed them frozen/thawed. They can't bite the snakes but also it is easier to store frozen rats than to keep and take care of live ones or buy them fresh every week. I can buy a dozen frozen rats and not have to worry about it for 6 weeks.
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04-17-15, 06:39 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Frozen thawed only for the reasons stated above.
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04-17-15, 06:57 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Mostly feed f/t for the safety and convenience of it. However, I do have a couple of adult ball pythons who are picky and only want to eat live mice. I am working to transition them over to f/t rats now.
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04-17-15, 07:31 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Live rats, hands down
Last edited by KyleKennedy; 04-17-15 at 07:38 AM..
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04-17-15, 11:13 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Another one for frozen/thawed.
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04-17-15, 07:45 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
All of my snakes eat f/t mice, rats and chicks.
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04-17-15, 09:45 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Frozen/thawed only.
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04-17-15, 10:33 AM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Frozen/thawed 100% for multiple reasons:
1) A dead rodent can't attack my snake
2) I can leave it overnight if needed(doing this with a live rodent could leave you with a dead snake)
3) Convenience! Don't need to take care of the feeders or buy them frequently; just get a huge batch and keep them in the freezer.
4) Cost. I'm a student and live rodents are expensive. 'Nuff said.
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04-17-15, 02:07 PM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Frozen thawed with the exception of two snakes that will only take live.
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04-17-15, 03:14 PM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
After I discovered several companies selling F/T mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits etc online about 2yrs into me owning snakes, I switched immediately. F/T all the way and luckily my snakes aren't picky, food is food lol. Especially after the petstore I was getting feeders from most likely caused an outbreak of mites within my collection (found out later that the snakes in the store had mites and most likely hitched a ride home when I bought my feeders).
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04-17-15, 03:32 PM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
Frozen/thawed here too.
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04-17-15, 03:52 PM
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Re: Frozen mice or Live mice?
We feed all rats.....F-T for many of the reasons stated above.
(Live pink fuzzies when starting a new hatchling)
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