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02-02-12, 03:24 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Ok so for this feeding cause i have no choice but to do the live hoppers as they will be in, in 2 hours. but for the next feeding i should order a forzen mouse? 1 will be good? and if she does not eat it can i re freeze it untill next time i try? and i dont think she eats every week. she eats every second week
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02-02-12, 03:32 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Personally I would refreeze mine but I probably am the only one. I would try killing one of the fuzzies and offering that first.
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02-02-12, 03:34 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
I would order a few frozen mice, doesn't hurt to have them on hand. Also I treat my snakes food as I treat my food. I would not thaw a steak then refreeze it for later use. If the snake doesn't eat throw it away and wait 10 days then offer another.
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02-02-12, 05:40 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Thats kind of a waist of a rodent don't you think? I will offer uneaten ones that have been frozen twice then I toss them.
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02-02-12, 05:45 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by Shmoges
Thats kind of a waist of a rodent don't you think? I will offer uneaten ones that have been frozen twice then I toss them.
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Refreezing is never good IMO. It deteriorates the quality of the food. If I ever was to feed f/t and the snake did not eat it, and if there are no other snakes willing to take it, I would throw it away, wasteful as that may seem. That is the downside to feeding f/t but all things considered, thats a small downside.
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02-02-12, 05:46 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
I'd go with Kat, for the sake of a couple of pounds, why take the risk of making your pet ill.
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Your only young once, but you can be immature your whole damn life :-D
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02-02-12, 05:47 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
I dont know.. some snakes eat road kill...
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02-02-12, 05:49 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by lady_bug87
I dont know.. some snakes eat road kill...
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Yeah, but thankfully I can afford to feed my snakes, and prefer to feed them fresh 
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02-02-12, 05:49 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by lady_bug87
I dont know.. some snakes eat road kill...
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Oh I'm not saying it would make a snake ill, I'm just thinking, why take the chance lady bug.
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Your only young once, but you can be immature your whole damn life :-D
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02-02-12, 06:02 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by lady_bug87
I dont know.. some snakes eat road kill...
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Yes some snakes will eat road kill. If the road kill was fresh I might eat it also depending on the animal. Some snakes in the wild also get very ill and die but if we can prevent having to deal with these issues why wouldn't we?
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02-02-12, 06:04 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by Gungirl
Yes some snakes will eat road kill. If the road kill was fresh I might eat it also depending on the animal. Some snakes in the wild also get very ill and die but if we can prevent having to deal with these issues why wouldn't we?
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Agreed....
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02-02-12, 06:23 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Is now a god time to mention I eat road kill? My choice of re-freezing a rodent is I honestly have a very serious issue with throwing anything away. I eat ALL of the leftovers in my house. My wife threatens to toss something as her way of cleaning the fridge.
Now lets say you are paying $5 a mouse and the snake refuses to switch for 5 months. You try every week by offering one mouse and throwing it away when it refuses. That's $100!
Also in my defense I never leave a mouse in over night. If he doesn't take it after five minutes I just feed it to the next guy and anything unbeaten gets refrozen.
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02-02-12, 06:27 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895
Is now a god time to mention I eat road kill? My choice of re-freezing a rodent is I honestly have a very serious issue with throwing anything away. I eat ALL of the leftovers in my house. My wife threatens to toss something as her way of cleaning the fridge.
Now lets say you are paying $5 a mouse and the snake refuses to switch for 5 months. You try every week by offering one mouse and throwing it away when it refuses. That's $100!
Also in my defense I never leave a mouse in over night. If he doesn't take it after five minutes I just feed it to the next guy and anything unbeaten gets refrozen.
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Ok if I had to pay $5 a mouse, I see your point. We only charge $1 per adult mouse so I cant imagine $5.
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02-02-12, 06:28 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
Also a rats ( large and up) cost $11.99 plus hst ( 13% sales tax) so plug that into the aforesaid mentioned equation and you just threw away $270.97.
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02-02-12, 06:32 PM
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Re: First time snake owner, looking for help!
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Ok if I had to pay $5 a mouse, I see your point. We only charge $1 per adult mouse so I cant imagine $5.
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Rodent prices are rediculous here.
Mice
Pinkies. $2
Hoppers. $3
Adult. $4
Rats
Pinkies. $3
Pups. $4
Small. $7
Mediun $9
Large. $12
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