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02-05-12, 12:53 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by theapexgerman
Or you could just keep him on live I switch all of mine over to live just watch him when the mouse is in there
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Thats for your benefit then - not the animals 
If you can get it onto either fresh killed or frozen thawed then you remove any concerns about the prey attacking the snake.
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02-05-12, 01:06 PM
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by Lankyrob
Thats for your benefit then - not the animals
If you can get it onto either fresh killed or frozen thawed then you remove any concerns about the prey attacking the snake. |
Yea there's a chance for something to happen but my self in over 3 years I never seen a snake get hurrt with my own eyes just like when some one uses calci sand for substratea for a desert snake sure if u feed on the sand something could happen they live on sand in the wild and do just fine there's always a chance of something to happen
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02-05-12, 01:12 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by theapexgerman
Yea there's a chance for something to happen but my self in over 3 years I never seen a snake get hurrt with my own eyes just like when some one uses calci sand for substratea for a desert snake sure if u feed on the sand something could happen they live on sand in the wild and do just fine there's always a chance of something to happen
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That doesn't mean it won't happen. Honestly, it just takes a split second for a live prey item to injure a snake, much faster than our reaction time to respond to the incident.
As Shaun recommends, feed it live for the next 4-5 feedings, then go to fresh killed for the next 5, and if that is successful, switch to F/T.
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02-05-12, 01:18 PM
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by KKgal
That doesn't mean it won't happen. Honestly, it just takes a split second for a live prey item to injure a snake, much faster than our reaction time to respond to the incident.
As Shaun recommends, feed it live for the next 4-5 feedings, then go to fresh killed for the next 5, and if that is successful, switch to F/T. |
Guess I'm one of the lucy people then
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02-05-12, 01:19 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by theapexgerman
Yea there's a chance for something to happen but my self in over 3 years I never seen a snake get hurrt with my own eyes just like when some one uses calci sand for substratea for a desert snake sure if u feed on the sand something could happen they live on sand in the wild and do just fine there's always a chance of something to happen
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No matter how remote or likely it is to happen if there is a possiblility to remove ALL risk then i dont see any reason why you wouldnt. My animals all mean to much to me to have the risk there in the first place.
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02-05-12, 01:26 PM
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by Lankyrob
No matter how remote or likely it is to happen if there is a possiblility to remove ALL risk then i dont see any reason why you wouldnt. My animals all mean to much to me to have the risk there in the first place.
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I don't got a prob with feeding frozen I just like live better
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02-06-12, 01:27 PM
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Snake Child
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by theapexgerman
I don't got a prob with feeding frozen I just like live better
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Out of curiosity why do you like live more?
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02-06-12, 05:19 PM
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by youngster
Out of curiosity why do you like live more?
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A few reason my breeder who runs a reptile store is like a 5 minute walk from me so why buy frozen and Jessica won't let me keep mice in the freezer even if there in bgs and final reason is it just the natural way the snake eats
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02-06-12, 07:01 PM
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Non Carborundum Illegitimi
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Re: He ate
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Originally Posted by theapexgerman
A few reason my breeder who runs a reptile store is like a 5 minute walk from me so why buy frozen and Jessica won't let me keep mice in the freezer even if there in bgs and final reason is it just the natural way the snake eats
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Natural would be if the prey had a chance to escape, the only choice it has is die or fight back.
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