Found Another Bad Crab, Anybody Want It?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Beverly, off topic, but why don't you feed frozen rats? Just as good and safer for the snake. Cheaper too, I bet.

Ball pythons will not eat frozen food, and I doubt he will ever get to the size of needing to eat a rat. My guy will only grow to 4-6 feet long, not like, say, Burmese pythons that'll get 20-30 feet long and will eat rabbits, dogs, small children

I'm not saying that you think this, Brad, but I think some people think it's less yucky to feed a snake pre-killed food rather than feeding live food. But the mouse still has to be killed by someone. It's still a dead mouse in the end anyway.

I agree that frozen food can be less dangerous to the snake because a dead mouse cannot injure the snake in any way. However, you never know how the mouse was killed, or, for that matter, how it lived before it was killed. I buy my mice from a pet store that breeds them right in the store. They even give the mice baths once a week to keep possible parasites at bay.

I drive out of my way to buy these mice because they are well cared for. When I get home, I put the mouse in the snake's feeding house, which is portable and much smaller than his regular house. The mouse has water and food and is given a chance to settle down after the scary trip back from the pet store before it becomes lunch for the snake. How strange, but nice, is that???

Anyway, I still have the crab if anyone wants it