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Re: Free Mouse NJ
Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
My only complaint about blunt force trauma is the rat does not always get killed, though it may not be moving. I did that to a rat one time with my boa and came back half an hour later and the rat was up and moving around.
I agree; I myself had trouble with it when starting out. I was just slamming them on the floor.. it has too much "give" and thus a flat rock or concrete floor needs to be used. 100% of the time when I do it, they die right away.
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Free Mouse NJ
Originally Posted by Ginevive
I agree; I myself had trouble with it when starting out. I was just slamming them on the floor.. it has too much "give" and thus a flat rock or concrete floor needs to be used. 100% of the time when I do it, they die right away.
Do you hold them while you do it or just put em in a bag and whack?
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Re: Free Mouse NJ
Bag and whack; have to get them neck-headfirst though. Some people never get the knack of it though; I won;t let my fiancee put them down because he can't get it right; there can be no hesitation or it is just worse for the rat.
I don't like killing things; I hurt along with any animal I see suffering. I hate to see hack-job hunters, for example, shooting a deer six times before it goes down.. I am a big fan of one-shot kills. I know too that it is a necessity though.. but honestly I don't find myself killing rats that often. I feed supervised live; only time I put down/freeze is when I have a large surplus, but this has been pretty rare now that I have more snakes..
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Free Mouse NJ
Wow, all this over a mouse....LMAO!
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Re: Free Mouse NJ
Originally Posted by Sputnik
Wow, all this over a mouse....LMAO!
Hmm... mouse, human, whale. They're all advanced organisms, what makes one more significant than another? Remember, we used to be prey at one time, too.
-Lawrence
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Re: Free Mouse NJ
Originally Posted by xdeus
Hmm... mouse, human, whale. They're all advanced organisms, what makes one more significant than another? Remember, we used to be prey at one time, too.
Rock on!
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Re: Free Mouse NJ
I guess I won't be freezing any whales....
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