my mice are in love... too bad i gotta feed 'em to my snake in a couple days

[IGotTheCottons]

here's the story. last week i bought a small rat (still pretty nice sized) and 2 feeder mice for my ball python. he ate the rat first, but then decided he didn't want the mice. i was a little pissed 'cause he usually eats like a pig (fed him a hamster 2 weeks ago bigger than the rat and he was still hungry). anywayz, i took the mice out of the cage and kept 'em in one of those smaller plastic ones for the time being, which is why i was pissed... i wasn't counting on having to keep mice alive for over a week.

anywayz, a couple days ago i figured out why he's not eating... he's getting ready to shed. so in a couple days he'll be all pretty again (yay!)... but very hungry. now here's the good part... the feeder mice turned out to be a male and a female... and they've fallen in love.... how sweet... too bad they're destined to become jakie's lunch in a couple days. lol.

just thought i'd share...

peace

[ReformMaryJaneLaws]

Oh, Cottons.....I have SO been there. Here is the best thing to do. Freeze those babies. Just drop them in a piece of Tupperware and freeze them.....then thaw them out and feed them to Jakie. Some snakes won't eat dead feeders but mine will. Cleopatra actually prefers them that way and I do too since she tries to eat them sideways and backwards. Sometimes I have to stun them just to keep them from biting her since she gets all stupid with her eating habits. Caesar will eat them dead or alive....it doesn't matter as long as he gets to eat.


Sometimes love affairs aren't meant to be, Cottons! Especially when it comes to two mice who are destined to be dinner!

[IGotTheCottons]

i've had good luck with mice... i usually just drop 'em in and they try to run away... haven't seen them go after jake really. and if one does i just hold it by it's tail until jake can snatch it away... he too is stupid when he eats though. he's tried eating mice sideways before, and often will eat them backwards. that's why i'm just going to start feeding him small rats. that way he has no choice but to take it head first.

as for keeping the mice alive... i shouldn't have to for much longer. i found a glass lid for an old candle that i use for a water dish, and i just put crackers and pretzel chunks into the cage for food. i think the female's pregnant though. she just lays around a lot now... and she seems to be putting on weight. oh well. jake has begun the shedding process. hopefully tomorrow he'll eat. i told my dad about possibly freezing them and he said i wasn't putting mice in the freezer. lol. i don't think i coulda done it anyway. i don't like the idea of killing things myself... i'd much rather the snake do it than me.

[whos_gotherb311]

damn, you guys have snakes? thats pretty cool.

[IGotTheCottons]

it's not that bad. ya kinda get used to it after a while.... my snake never ate those two mice after he shed... so i gave 'em to my friend, and she fed 'em to her lizard. lol.

[phunkyphil]

Originally posted by IGotTheCottons
it's not that bad. ya kinda get used to it after a while.... my snake never ate those two mice after he shed... so i gave 'em to my friend, and she fed 'em to her lizard. lol.

We were right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo! And somebody was giving booze to these God damn things!



i dunno, im high

[ChiLLZ]

how much for a nice big ass intimidating snake



?

[IGotTheCottons]

Originally posted by ChiLLZ
how much for a nice big ass intimidating snake



?

you can get boa constrictors or reticulated pythons for anywhere between $150-$200 as babies. they may look small to start out with, but the boa will grow to anywhere between 12 and 15 feet, and the reticulated python can make it as big as 30 feet.

you'll need a 55 gallon tank for when they're younger, and possibly a bedroom for when they get bigger (more so for the retic.), so they can get quite costly. also, feeding them can get expensive as well... especially when they get bigger.

you could go with the boa and just make him a home out of a walk-in closet once he gets big enough... my dad did that with his 9' burmese python and 7' reticulated python before we got rid of 'em. they seemed to like it ok.

[Zylark]

Are you actually feeding two cute little mammals to a reptile?? You infidel. Mammals are our kind. Not like those disgusting egglaying, hide shedding, fang toting lizards (with or without legs)

Come to think of it, I eat cows, pigs & sheep...

hmmm... nevermind.

Hey, before you feed minnie to the snake, why not wait till she's pregnant and had some some mini-mice eh? Free snakefood afterall

[NuBBiN]

if you plan on freezing them, be considerate and crush their skulls (im being seriouse)...they'll still stay fresh whilst frozen, but they won't have to suffer through the agony of a slow lingering death...just MHO...but hell, ive only had small snakes that ate fish, so what do I know?

[IGotTheCottons]

Originally posted by NuBBiN
if you plan on freezing them, be considerate and crush their skulls (im being seriouse)...they'll still stay fresh whilst frozen, but they won't have to suffer through the agony of a slow lingering death...just MHO...but hell, ive only had small snakes that ate fish, so what do I know?

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Originally posted by IGotTheCottons
my snake never ate those two mice after he shed... so i gave 'em to my friend, and she fed 'em to her lizard.

[NuBBiN]

sooo...what you're tryin to say is....you put them in your freezer? ehh? ooh? who? huh?AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[gravychic]

hehe when i was younger i had 2 pet snakes, i never fed them tho my uncle always did that.... i had a few pet mice a few years ago as well actually, i asked for 2 girls but the dumb assistant gave me a boy and a girl...

lets just say after a few months i had over 100+ of the damn things running around, i took them to the petshop and gave them all away.... expect for mom and a DAUGHTER

damn they were cool!! too bad urs will be dinner soon!

[IGotTheCottons]

i kept them alive and kept trying to feed 'em to my snake. he never ate them, so i gave them (still alive) to be fed to my friend's lizard... and because of so, they are now poop

i'm not real big on making things suffer, so i couldn't freeze 'em.

[ReformMaryJaneLaws]

I do stun mine before I freeze them so they aren't living some horrible death in the freezer. I figure it's better than being squeezed to death like they are when I feed them out.