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30-Apr-08, 05:59 PM
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ok in my shed and garage i have a mouse problem. would i be able to feed to my snake? freezing them of course.
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30-Apr-08, 06:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: everywere and anywere at any time Age/Gender: 39 | | | | i wouldnt , just to be on the safe side, its not worth it , |
30-Apr-08, 06:02 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Reptile_Boy  ok in my shed and garage i have a mouse problem. would i be able to feed to my snake? freezing them of course. | Sure you could, they would eat them.
But, its a bad idea with not knowing if the mice have been baited.
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30-Apr-08, 06:02 PM
|  | Geek Subscriber | | | | | I wouldn't. I've done it once before and ended up with a dead snake. Seems the mouse had been baited. |
30-Apr-08, 06:05 PM
| | Moorebank Reptiles Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Moorebank Age/Gender: 14 | | | | i have question all my nieghbors with in a 500 meter radius ( safe side) no one uses bait.
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30-Apr-08, 06:08 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 20 | | | | Your reptiles go for it dont wonder why they arent moving one morning if you do though. Oh and the search button is very useful there has been many people asking this in the last 6 months |
30-Apr-08, 06:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | I would be worried about all of the bacteria and gastrointestinal parasites the mice are probably carrying. Who knows where they've been! I most certainly wouldn't risk it. |
30-Apr-08, 06:17 PM
|  | Q Dog Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Redlands, SE Qld Gender: | | | | Is it worth the risk? You may save a few bucks on bought mice, but you risk killing your snakes. I wouldn't even consider it.
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30-Apr-08, 07:20 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: On the water or in the Bush. Gender: | | | | Lets weigh it up.
Snake - $250 minium [ plus its a love'd pet ]
Mouse - $2 roughly.
Can't see why you'd take the risk.
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30-Apr-08, 07:23 PM
| | | | what if you live in say the country where there is no chance of it being baited? |
30-Apr-08, 07:28 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Gold Coast | | | | Still have the possibility of carrying nasties that you dont want inside your snakes.... |
30-Apr-08, 07:42 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Cairns, Queensland Age/Gender: 32 | | | | Leave the wild caught mice to the wild. Mites and other nasties can be transmitted.
It doesn't cost much to buy mice. If you want, breed your own, then you know they will be healthy and safer for your snake.
Mungus got it right, $250 for a python, $2 for a mouse. I know what i'll be doing. |
30-Apr-08, 07:46 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: Sydney NSW Gender: | | | | Cheyne, what sort of nasties would these be? just curious....i mean, snakes hav lived in the wild for a long time, thats where they come from, they hav been living off mice and otha small animals all of that time, and they seem to be doing OK...apart from mice n rat poison, why would there be a problem with feeding wild food? i can understand a lot of mice n rats in the city would carry disease, but for those out in the country, couldnt it be a free food source for their reptiles? i havent seen a thread like this so am jus curious. |
30-Apr-08, 07:46 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 19 | | | | no, thats a stupid idea |
30-Apr-08, 07:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Gold Coast | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bugsy Cheyne, what sort of nasties would these be? just curious....i mean, snakes hav lived in the wild for a long time, thats where they come from, they hav been living off mice and otha small animals all of that time, and they seem to be doing OK...apart from mice n rat poison, why would there be a problem with feeding wild food? i can understand a lot of mice n rats in the city would carry disease, but for those out in the country, couldnt it be a free food source for their reptiles? i havent seen a thread like this so am jus curious. | As previously stated by others they can contain mites, microbes etc.
Just remember that captive snakes are more that likely multi generation captive bred and may not have the ability to deal with unusual things picked up from wild animals. At least with 'lab rats' you can control the conditions they are kept in and what they are fed in an attempt to not pass on something nasty to your animals.
Its no garantee but still better than the stab in the dark approach.  | | |
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