fresh killed or frozen

[brian]

Iv been looking at some snakes that are on fresh killed weaner/medium rats.
And we got talking the owner was saying the snakes puts on waight quicker with fresh killed and looks better ( must addmit did look nice all of them 30 / 40 royal 4 boas hog islands pluss what i did not see

And he was saying with frozen roadents so much is lost and you lose nothing with fresh killed and you feed only quality as it for your own stock

And to be honest I am thinking of following in his line of thought. But is so much lost while the rat is in the frezzer........

if you have anything to say but in fear of been shouted at please pm me then it's just for me thanks

[Love_snakes]

Im not sure... I dont think i could kill a rat though.

Also, I dont think its wise putting your number in your sig, you are likely to be prank called

[madaboutreptiles]

I think you will find that snakes wiil do much better on pre killed......Freezing must take some of the goodness out of the food item

I think most are not comfortable killing their own Rats and mice and frozen is more convienient

[brian]

Originally Posted by Love_snakes

Im not sure... I dont think i could kill a rat though.

Also, I dont think its wise putting your number in your sig, you are likely to be prank called

prank calls yes please nice and sexy please kinky thats up to you im open to ideas

On a serious note I do understand what you are saying and thankyou .....

[brian]

Originally Posted by madaboutreptiles

I think you will find that snakes wiil do much better on pre killed......Freezing must take some of the goodness out of the food item

I think most are not comfortable killing their own Rats and mice and frozen is more convienient

I shouldent have a problem in killing them food is food aslong as it is eaten if it is left then I would be a bit but saying that we have a 4 foot bosc that eats owt I think it just the cost in setting up that I have to get my head around and how to stop them from smelling or ill be getting a off her indoors

At the moment we use approx 4 small mice, 5Lg mice, 2 small/weaner rats, 6 weaner rats and 2 medium rats A week so it might be worth it then again If I breed to many instead of frezzing I can get more snakes

[madaboutreptiles]

Originally Posted by brian

I shouldent have a problem in killing them food is food aslong as it is eaten if it is left then I would be a bit but saying that we have a 4 foot bosc that eats owt I think it just the cost in setting up that I have to get my head around and how to stop them from smelling or ill be getting a off her indoors

At the moment we use approx 4 small mice, 5Lg mice, 2 small/weaner rats, 6 weaner rats and 2 medium rats A week so it might be worth it then again If I breed to many instead of frezzing I can get more snakes

I breed alot of my own mice these days purely because I was spending over 150 a month on frozen mice......

Most of my snakes take frozen but I do have one or two who will only take pre killed

[brian]

Originally Posted by madaboutreptiles

Most of my snakes take frozen but I do have one or two who will only take pre killed

The ones on pre killed do you think thay look better and seem better in the way thay are...........

[madaboutreptiles]

I think they do better.......when i feed my others pre killed they do seem much more aggresive when they strike so it must smell better

[brian]

Thanks..............

[cornmorphs]

your snakes will grow better on fresh killed.. only thing is, they might not want frozen if you sell them on.
also, one good thing, you wont need to waste them, if the snakes dont take them within a short time, you could then always freeze them as they wont have been frozen.. obviously i dont mean overnight as they will have started to go off.