Fresh Road Kill

[unknownclown]

haha dude you are gone!

[asphyxia]

What do you mean? unknown

[unknownclown]

haha I mean your crazy

[asphyxia]

ahhh, well I can't argue with that, however,
I am the normal in the family

I would like to eat...meat ...meet you soon
Brian

hey I will feed fresh frozen roadkill, BUT I have a freezer that is at -2F and leave them in that for 2 weeks to kill parasites

[Andy_G]

I think it's a very bad idea to feed roadkill. I would think it's worse then going out and catching rats, mice, rabbits, etc. and feeding them to the herps. As you know, most of us frown upon that idea.

Originally posted by stretch
If you were going to feed roadkill freeze then thaw it out. That should kill all internal parasites and other nasty things like that.

Unfortunately Stretch, most conventional freezers are simply not cold enough to kill every parasite in the body, that's why a lot of people get their snakes treated for internal parasites once a year, because not all parasites die. If captive bred rodents can even contain some internal parasites, imagine what one caught in the wild could have!

[Samba]

MKay, I might have gotten to this thread a little late, and I only skimmed over the posts but here is what I have to say: Roadkill isn't safe in my opinon, simply because you don't know where the animal has been, or what it has. Yes, freezing kills most parasites, but there are some extreme creatures on this planet, and you don't know if the eggs have been killed.

I realized, reading through this, that there is at least one pro advocate, so I will include this: Maggots only eat dead animals/tissue (never live tissue), so ingesting them (theoretically) shouldn't hurt. Some poisons can stay in animals' systems for years (in fact, some have now grown 'immune' to some chemicals due to contant low exposure). Not good if your snake or monitor hasn't been exposed.

Last point: (And I apologize because this is messy and not very well-written): If you think Roadkill is an alternative to feeding the traditional live rats and bunnies, give your animals a home where they won't have to eat half-decomposed carcases. When I want to give my Burm something different/special I go to the grocery store and pick up a bird or two, thaw it, and offer it the same way I would a rat. 'Nuff said. =D

[Mason]

Um, i wouldn't feed anything wild to my snake. Mites are what I would be concerned about. Lice, bug eggs mashed in the fur. Think about where these animals hang out before they meet your car. Think about the filthy water, and garbage they eat prolly close to every day.
Yuk,
humans eating a dear or a moose is different cause we take it appart and cook it .

[drewlowe]

LOL this thread is so freaking hillarious. LMAO.

Ok yeah i agree feeding road kill to a herp i think... yeah bad idea. i wouldn't do it. but whatever

Eating it yourself... nah not my thing i wouldn't do that either.

But and god i cant belive i'm saying this but my grandpa and great uncle LOVE absolutly LOVE road kill. I see nothing wrong with eating it. Heck what do you think people ate before we went all 20th centry. We hunted our food. ok so hes not hunting it some vehicle is doing it for him but comeon people lay off him about eating roadkill there are still lots of people out there who still do it. And just because you may cringe (like me) at the fact that he's eating it dosen't mean he's sick, gross, or wierd.

At least it saves people like us looking at that poor bunny or squirel (or whatever it might be)on the side of the road and saying poor little guy got hit by a car for no reason. At least now it has a purpose and didn't dye for no reason.
My .02 cents.