50+ rats OH MY hehe

[Jods]

Cass I was hoping you'd chime in with your opinion

[sandragonfly]

this upsets me and my tummy very much too.

aw jess. we used to bred our feeders (rats & hoppers) at the ZOO where I worked at. on their strict clean policy, we always, always seperate the mommy rats and clean out their (28 3x3feet) drawerhomes every other day as well as their disease is very contagious. and we chop out heart of fruits/veggies left out from larger animals' meals daily. we also had scheduled dates of freezing, to inject with caliums/vitmans, feeding which to who. the fresh they are for them. do you think you can do all of that, the proper prep too, especially things you've been going through lately?

I know I am not you but I just hate the idea myself or my friends breeding the feeders unless it's done by a professional. at no heart I have to do this, I'd rather buy frozen pinkies (and thaw them) than watching little helpless hearts growing out of hands and gasping out for their lives.. five or one second.

but, if, for your sake's you still want to do this, feed alive.. please, for my and rats' sake, gas it and crack its neck before you feed it.

best for the rats. I don't think you really want to do that.

[molucass]

I don't own a snake...

& there was blood on the noses of the mice & rats! Explain to me how that is more humaine?

If you knew much about rats, you would know that is not blood, its porphyrin and they get it when they are stressed out. It is the red color and appears like blood, but it is not. There is other reasons they get it, but the most common is stress.

Rats produce a lubricating secretion called porphyrin that is manufactured by the harderian gland which lies behind the eyeball. It is stained red with a pigment called porphyrin. When a rat is stressed, this bloody looking mucus may be produced in an over abundance and stain their nose or eyes. Sometimes it looks like bloody tears coming from their eyes.

I took the above statement from a website.

[jackie]

I have nothing wrong with feeding live, but I am surprised you posted about this.

You know this topic would upset some people here.