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30-08-2006, 12:00 AM
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Anyone like mice?
Some of you may have already seen this but for those that haven't, some different methods of killing feeder mice are shown fairly well on this video - interesting if nothing else!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCrS1zxF0FM Opinions? Constructive comments only please!  To me the first methos is blatantly the most humane and I wouldn't have a problem doing it if I had to.
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30-08-2006, 01:44 AM
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I stoppped it at the pencil method. I dont even want to know what it is. I didnt even like watching the freezer way.
 so I will have to go with the first option to.
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30-08-2006, 02:08 AM
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to be honest I thought it was going to be something worse but it still sound nasty, quick but nasty.
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30-08-2006, 08:33 AM
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Well, that was...um... informative.
I have no problem with the first method, after hitting the wall the rat was very dead, very instantly! I could do that if I needed to, and next time the neighbour's cat leaves a mutilated mouse crawling around our deck I might try putting it out of its misery. Sticking a live mouse in your freezer to die is the most horrendous thing I can think of. Slow and painful. Also, *tongue ever-so-slightly in cheek* not very environmentally friendly.... all that energy to freeze it only to have to waste more energy heating it back up again. The thing he did with the pencil was not what I've read in books, where you hold the pencil to immobilize the skull, then pull sharply at the base of the tail to disconnect skull from spine and instantly sever the spinal cord. In theory should be a quicker death than his way, but I know there's no chance that I'd keep my nerve to do that. The monitor did a pretty good job and the mouse died quickly, but the guy doesn't say that the speed of the mouse's death is not necessarily the main issue with live feeding. The problem is what can happen to your pet if he's not in the mood the eat his dinner straight away, or if his aim's a bit off and he leaves the bitey end of his dinner free to defend itself. Ok... off to eat my breakfast now.... maybe 
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31-08-2006, 02:01 PM
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That was pretty awful, the freezer method was epsecially cruel. The poor little mouse had wee'ed itself.
I thought that most snakes/lizards would eat thawed frozen food? Our Water dragons used to take thawed pinkies when we occasionally offered tehm, and I had no problem doing that, but not sure I could kill something prior to feeding.
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31-08-2006, 02:21 PM
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I still don't understand though why Americans find it easier to feed live... its more dangerous for the snake/lizard and of course is not a nice way to kill the mouse... i know its cheaper if you breed them yourself but even with frozen snakes are one of the cheapest animals to feed.
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