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what if they are frozen first?

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Posted by ballyhoo1887 on February 17, 2003 at 10:35:26:

In Reply to: Re: feeder snakes...safe? posted by Bigtattoo on February 17, 2003 at 08:26:04:

I'm not saying that I would go catch a bunch of snakes and freeze them, but would it kill the parasites and be safe to feed to a snake if they were frozen first? BTW, I heard somewhere that redbellies and brown snakes don't carry parasites, (not sure why). I feed my scarlets small snakes like that, along with anoles, and there has never been a problem. I know a guy who has plenty of frozen snakes and that's why I asked.

-Mack


:I agree with hotshot, don't do it. I did this with my kings waaaaay back when I first got started (30 years ago) and I'm sure that it was the demise of at least 2 of my snakes. Since this was back in ancient times little was known or available about breeding let alone concerns about parasites or such a thing as a herp vet. I was young, dumb and full of something and thought it would be cool to feed snakes to my kings. Since I knew of a garter snake hibernaculum they were easy to come by in the spring. Just not a good idea.

:BigT




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