what do you do with a f/t if the snake doesnt take it?

nick654377 · 12-08-12, 12:43 PM

What do you guys do with your frozen thawed if your snake does not take it? do you throw them away or refreeze it once? i heard people say you can refreeze but i usally just pitch them.

StudentoReptile · 12-08-12, 12:45 PM

I toss them.

nick654377 · 12-08-12, 12:50 PM

thanks. ive tossed them before but she has been eating and now she is in shed and figured i would try to feed and she wants nothing to do with it. this one does smell alot like urine and is plenty warm enough.

StudentoReptile · 12-08-12, 12:58 PM

Maybe if they're not thawed out all the way, and I realized a snake was in shed, or I am thawing out one too many, etc....I'll put it back in the freezer. But never once its been completely thawed.

KORBIN5895 · 12-08-12, 02:15 PM

I always refreeze them once. I have never had an issue with it.

Lankyrob · 12-08-12, 02:52 PM

Treat thrm like you would your own food, would you refreeze a chicken once thawed and then thaw it again to eat? I eouldnt

nick654377 · 12-08-12, 02:59 PM

its tossed like i did with all the rest of them in the past. i was just curious to what you guys do.

**Aaron_S** · 12-08-12, 03:00 PM

I offer to someone else. If not then tossed.

I also thaw usually a couple less than I need. Someone usually isn't interested so it gets given to someone else. Less waste.

TeaNinja · 12-08-12, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Treat thrm like you would your own food, would you refreeze a chicken once thawed and then thaw it again to eat? I eouldnt

lol i was like retyping this before i saw your post. i 2nd this.

KORBIN5895 · 12-08-12, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Treat thrm like you would your own food, would you refreeze a chicken once thawed and then thaw it again to eat? I eouldnt

That's a nice thought and all but snakes can eat some pretty harsh stuff without any adverse effects. Their digestive system is way stronger than ours.

nick654377 · 12-08-12, 03:25 PM

Kinda hard to pass onto the next snake when you only have one..... For now��

TeaNinja · 12-08-12, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

That's a nice thought and all but snakes can eat some pretty harsh stuff without any adverse effects. Their digestive system is way stronger than ours.

snakes that are kept in a home with controlled environments are not subjected to the harshness of the wild and do not build the immunities and things that wild snakes would. would be terrible to have some bacteria pop up from letting it thaw and then refreezing and having it kill your snakewhereas it might not fade a wild snake. wild snakes eat roadkill and all kinds of nasty things but indoor snakes do not. that's my opinion. wild snakes are also full of parasites and things from the disgusting meals they eat.

i've had snakes not want to eat before and if none of the snakes eat it, i just toss it.

KORBIN5895 · 12-08-12, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TeaNinja

snakes that are kept in a home with controlled environments are not subjected to the harshness of the wild and do not build the immunities and things that wild snakes would. would be terrible to have some bacteria pop up from letting it thaw and then refreezing and having it kill your snakewhereas it might not fade a wild snake. wild snakes eat roadkill and all kinds of nasty things but indoor snakes do not. that's my opinion. wild snakes are also full of parasites and things from the disgusting meals they eat.

i've had snakes not want to eat before and if none of the snakes eat it, i just toss it.

So at what point do they start building these immunities?

I think it has more to do with the fact that they have amazingly potent stomach acids. I mean look at how thick a Guinea pig skull is and how quick they digest it.

infernalis · 12-08-12, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I always refreeze them once. I have never had an issue with it.

same here.

People, we all eat carrion.

Did you know that all beef is "aged" for a period of time before it's cut up?

With the prices where they are at now, we can't afford to be paranoid about bacteria that has no effect on reptiles.

TeaNinja · 12-08-12, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

So at what point do they start building these immunities?

I think it has more to do with the fact that they have amazingly potent stomach acids. I mean look at how thick a Guinea pig skull is and how quick they digest it.

i thought they didn't digest that stuff. isn't that what urates are? but i still say to each their own lol. just an opinion.

also wayne, i would have to think humans have spent PLENTY of time building immunities for the things we ingest. i heard a story of people i knew who used to be super germ paranoid and cover their silverware with plastic and all this excessive stuff and apparently they got sick a lot lol.