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 Posted - 29/04/2010 : 19:42:01
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This might be a really stupid question, with possibly a very obvious answer but......
I have 2 cats and live beside a lot of fields, so you can imagine the amount of "presents" they bring home. My Eugene is nowhere near big enough to be having adult mice yet, but i'm wondering whether it could be a possibility when he's older to actually have the mice the cats bring home???? |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 19:43:13
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| wouldnt risk it, never know what bugs and the likes wild mice have. |
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Lilpunk
Yearling
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 19:44:08
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It's not recommended as wild mice can carry parasites and disease - plus, you don't know what they have been eating and whether they will meet the nutritional needs of your snake.
Some people probably believe it's ok to do so, but I think a little bit of money spent on pre-killed mice, in a hygeneic environment can save a lot of money from vet bills etc.  |
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 19:51:58
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| I wouldn't risk it. Not only will the mice likely have parasites. Plus your cats will have had them and could have put other germs on the mouse potentially causing your snake to become ill. |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 20:10:31
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Echoing what the others have said, plus, your cat is most likely to have decapitated the mouse to some degree. 
Noobish quesion or not, well done for actually asking it - couldv'e risked some serious damage to your snake.  |
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reptiledanny
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 20:19:32
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like everyone has sed, not really advisable
nice to see that everyone has answered so nicely and not bitten shaka1980 hed off |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 20:24:55
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Originally posted by reptiledanny
nice to see that everyone has answered so nicely and not bitten shaka1980 hed off
I wouldv'e but I don't think she tastes that nice..
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Posted - 29/04/2010 : 21:20:01
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Ha ha thanks everyone.
Think i got the answer that i was expecting. Didnt think so, but the thought just popped into my head the last time one of them brought one home. lol |
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DannyBrown91
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/04/2010 : 08:36:14
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| Better to ask and see what others think, than do it and it go wrong. |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/04/2010 : 13:37:49
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| My dad asks the same thing ever time and then says "but wild snakes would eat wild mice". I then have to explain that the mice could have eaten some poison which could kill my snake. |
   
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Mouse
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/04/2010 : 17:12:42
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When I was living in an old house (with housemates) we had a mouse infestation, and I was constantly worried that one of the housemates would get Sprockett out and get her killed by some tooth wielding wild mouse :S
I kept my room locked, and threatened him on pain of death....a nasty death. |
 
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Posted - 30/04/2010 : 17:20:10
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would that death be being locked in a small box to be bitten to death by mice lol?
yeah i dont think id feed anything i didnt know the origins of - £1 for a mouse or a few hunderd quid in vets bills - not worth the risk - shame tho - its almost like the cat wants to feed him! |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/04/2010 : 18:53:59
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| Nah, cats are just cruel animals like that. No matter how much you need them, they somehow catch a mouse, kill it, give it a bit of a chew and then just leave it and try to find another alive one. |
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Mouse
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Posted - 04/05/2010 : 09:55:16
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| It would have needed to be a very big box to fit him in...if he was a snake, he'd look like he'd been on a 2 yr diet of lardy rats! |
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