Where do I get Frozen food for my snake?

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by kingrattus
& yes I grew attached to several adults & kept them as pets. I retired them & put them with my pet Rat Mike. He babyed mice. I think I kept about 10 retired mice with Mike.

That is EXTREMELY odd- 99% of the time mice housed with rats are killed by the rats.

My rat Punkin almost killed a chipmunk but luckily I got to the cage in time to let the chipmunk out before she killed it. She attacked the crap out of it though.

[kingrattus]

YellowLabLover, I know Rats would kill mice.

But I was stuck with this sweet mouse I had (I only had the mice for a short time at this point). He had the doo doo kicked outta him & then I put him in with the jumpers to allow him to heal & the jumpers ended up licking & chewing on his wounds making them worse.

I never named him, but I did try to bring him back to health, with polysporn. Then his eyes closed & the poor thingcouldn't see & I couldn't be around all day to hand feed him, I was still in High School.

I saw Mike Kill 5 adult mice in under 5 seconds, 1 chomp to each mouse killed it.

But I need something largeenough to cary the mouse around with out killing it.

So I thought it through & came up with this plan.

Mike would never bite me, not even for food. He was a human loving rat.

So I thought, well Why not make the mouse smell like me!!

SO I ran around & allowed myself to get sweaty & gross. & then rubbed the mouse all over me to get my sent on him.

He was thin enough to fit inside my closed hand. I took out Mike & held Mike tight with my other hand & let him sniff the mouse through my hand. He forced my hand opened but not in anagressive way. He then took the mouse & set him on the bed & started to flipthe mouse all over, sniffing him everywhere. Mike picked the mouse up & ran off my bed & into his cage & built the mouse a nest & babied him back to health.

Heres pics for proof. The right button isn't working so I had topaste the webpage & not just the photo.


The tank was the temp cage, not the real cage they lived in. The black mouse is the injured one & the rest were retired mice. The black one no longer had his boys thanks to the other mice so there was no breeding worry. He was lucky he still had his penis, if it wasn't for Polysporn I'm sure he would have his penis, I'm sure it would have fallen off. 50% of of his fur was missing, some was pulled out & the rest fell out because of damaged skin. If it wasn't for the Polysporn & Mike, he would have died.

There r no small rodent Vets in the area I was from, not even in thenext town, so I was the vet. We didn't have the internet & the library selection was filled with books so old they were out dated, by 30 some years!!

[CathyBogart]

The company I get my frozen feeders from gasses them to kill them. The rodents fall asleep and never wake up, and it doesn't hurt the snake.

Wabbitwuver: Many reptile people have a very different view of "fuzzy" animals than the average "fuzzy" owner does. No matter which way you look at it, rabbits are prey animals. They are very intelligent and make wonderful, engaging pets. I've had many over the years, particularly when I was showing them with 4-H. I loved each of my rabbits dearly, and they were all spoiled little fuzzbutts, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to deny a predatory animal food just because I happen to like the species the prey is. (I'm an avid rat lover BTW )

HOWEVER....NO, the snakes cannot "Just eat insects or whatever". As any animal does, they have particular nutritional requirements that have to be met. Can your rabbits "Just eat lettuce or whatever"? I know mine couldn't.

Finding a source for frozen prey can be very difficult. Training some snakes to EAT frozen prey can be even more difficult. The fact that DJFyrewolf took the time to find a breeder who starts their babies out on frozen food (The most responsible way to do it IMHO) and is now seeking a source for frozen food is a WONDERFUL thing....too many reptile owners won't even try to train them off of live food.

[kingrattus]

Thank u WolfChan

We had a pet bunny once. It was my sisters but she got sick of it & my mom ended up caring for it, then my mom got sick of it & I said fine. Shes mine. I took her for walks with RB Max in the park. Max was there to protect her just incase a dog got loose & wanted to eat Zoe. RB Max was very protective of her when other dogs approached, he would stand over top of her & dare the other dog to make a move at her.

People thought she was a cat, cause its unheard of having pet rabbits & taking them for walks, same thing goes for Rats.



WolfChan what kind of gasses did they use?? I thought all gasses were bad because that gas would be digested by the reptile & it would either make them sick or kill them!! I asked lots of people how to kill feeder mice & most said to drown it. I did it once & will never do it again. It was horrible!!! I was so mad at the people who said it was painless for the mouse!!

& in school my bio teacher told me freezing would be the best way. The mouse would get so cold it would fall asleep & then it would pass away painless.

I was just doing my best & trying to do the most humane way to kill the mouse & still be able to use it as food.

But if the gas is as good as u say. I'll start that for next time.