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12-29-13, 06:11 PM
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Help?
I have a ball python and it happened to come with feeder mice, I'm horribly allergic to rats and mice so Im giving them to a friend for his snake, the only small rodent I can think of that I'm not allergic to is hamsters, but I've heard they can really bite snakes and put up more of a fight than rats and mice, also my snake only eats live food, do you guys know a humaine way to knock them out or have any suggestions of what I should do?
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12-29-13, 06:19 PM
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Re: Help?
Stab em in the brain with a needle
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12-29-13, 06:47 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by drumcrush
Stab em in the brain with a needle
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I'll try that, thanks c:
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12-29-13, 06:24 PM
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Re: Help?
Just a question, but why would you get a pet that feeds on things you are allergic to? Try hairlesa rats...totally hypo-allergenic...BP's need rats for food...it would take multiple hamsters to make a meal...
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12-29-13, 06:47 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by Sharlynn93
Just a question, but why would you get a pet that feeds on things you are allergic to? Try hairlesa rats...totally hypo-allergenic...BP's need rats for food...it would take multiple hamsters to make a meal...
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Well when I first got my snake I wasn't allergic to mice, and I'm allergic to hairless ones too :/ and hamsters are bigger than mice, all the hamsters I've ever had are only a little smaller than rats.
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12-29-13, 06:49 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by Ingrid
all the hamsters I've ever had are only a little smaller than rats.
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???????? You must have some monster hamsters then. What kind were they?
I agree with getting your friend to feed the snake.
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12-29-13, 06:53 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by poison123
???????? You must have some monster hamsters then. What kind were they?
I agree with getting your friend to feed the snake.
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Teddy bear hamsters.
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12-29-13, 06:50 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by Ingrid
Well when I first got my snake I wasn't allergic to mice, and I'm allergic to hairless ones too :/ and hamsters are bigger than mice, all the hamsters I've ever had are only a little smaller than rats.
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My BP was eating 150g rats, i dont think i have ever seen a hamster that big
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12-29-13, 06:34 PM
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Re: Help?
There are also feeder lizards you can buy but i don't know if snakes eat them
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12-29-13, 06:40 PM
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Re: Help?
Why not wear gloves.
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12-29-13, 06:49 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by ilovemysnake
Why not wear gloves.
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I've tried that, and I still have a reaction :/
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12-29-13, 06:50 PM
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Re: Help?
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I've tried that, and I still have a reaction :/
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Use tongs. I use them. I never directly touch the mice with my hand.
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12-29-13, 06:43 PM
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Re: Help?
You only need to feed oncea fortnight, cant your snakey friend come round and do the feeding for you?
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12-29-13, 06:50 PM
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Re: Help?
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Originally Posted by Lankyrob
You only need to feed oncea fortnight, cant your snakey friend come round and do the feeding for you?
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Yea, I know I could get someone to feed my snake, I'll just have to pay someone to take care of the mice XD
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12-29-13, 07:16 PM
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Re: Help?
My kids teddy bear hamsters were barely bigger than mice...try ordering frozen online...keep them in the freezer and use tongs to feed...no reaction...
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