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Pre-kill Anonymous
How does /an/ prekill their snake's food?

I choke them with barbecue tongs designated for snake feeding. Sometimes killing them, sometimes they can't move and breathe heavily.

But sometimes I'll cap them in the middle of their backs right on the spine. This paralyzes them from the waist down and emties their bowels. This way the snake enjoys live food that doesn't kick [their feetclaws are sharp] as the snake squeezes.

I tried Mice-on-Ice, but my ball python wouldn't go for it, so I switched to live food until her food was big enough to fight back. Then I switched to prekill.

in b4 rage. It's not like I enjoy doing this. It's for the snake.
>> Anonymous
I've heard some people grab them by the tails and whack them on a hard surface.
>> Anonymous
Thaw the frozen mice in a bag in warm water, faggot. Ball pythons sense heat from their pray.

Or get a pet that has a fucking personality.
>> Anonymous
>>296397
prey*
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>296397
I read the goddamn intructions. Not everyone here thinks they know everything.
>> Anonymous
>>296397
And whether or not I like things in my ass is beyond the scope.
>> Anonymous
Come on /an/:

HOW DO YOU DO IT?
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>296411


chew the rat and then vomit it in the snakes mouth.
>> Anonymous
>>296419
That's really sweet.
>> Anonymous
1) Obtain a stout fabric sack.
2) Insert the rat
3) Find a nice patch of brick or concrete outside
4) Sling sack at surface violently
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6) PROFIT!!!

I also grab them by the base of the tail, and seperate the spine from the skull with a small rolling pin. This is the medically and scientificly accepted way to do it.
>> Anonymous
>>296445
OP here, that sounds much better than how I've been doing it. I'll give it a shot next week.
>> Anonymous
>>296445
OP here.

Your 2nd method seems better than how I've been doing it. I'll give it a shot next week.
>> Anonymous
I know of the "humane" way of euthanizing lab mice is to take a metal cage card (or a thick metal plate the size of a note card with rounded sides,) place it behind the skull, with mouse on a flat surface, push firmly with the cage card without crushing the neck and to pull on the tail, until the neck bones snap. You'll know it when you hear it and feel it.

CO2 also works, but not the kind that comes from dry ice or a fire extinguisher. I read that in a list, and I can assume that someone has used a fire extinguisher.

You could also use a bolt to the brain, but that's not necessary. Mice aren't considered as animals by the USDA and are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act.
>> Anonymous
>>296455
Hey OP, just so you know>>296445method of using a rolling pin isn't to flatten the mice but only to break the neck. Although I've never heard of a rolling pin used before... is it exactly a rolling pin you would use for baking? Or just something small shaped like a rolling pin? All I can think of is a pancake mouse.
>> Anonymous
in the lab I use a technique called cervical dislocation. basically you pin the mouse down by placing your fingers or a scalpel handle against the base of its skull, use your other hand to grab the base of the tail, then pull firmly. guaranteed humane death every time.
>> Anonymous
>>296505
Yup, this is the no. 1 best way to humanely euthanize an animal intended for consumption. Alot of people are squeamish about it, though, and just make the process longer and more painful/terrifying for the animal. Be sure to have a quick, strong hand for it.
>> Anonymous
Here's a help guide to getting snakes to take thawed prey if you want to try that again:

http://exoticpets.about.com/od/snakes/f/snakefeeding.htm

(summarized)
* Make sure the prey is warmed...
* Use feeding forceps...
* Dip the prey in chicken broth...
* Rub a new prey item with another favororite food...
* Try a different color...
* Pithing or braining...
* If your snake is reluctant to take mice, try gerbils...
* Give the snake some privacy...
* Try a different size...
>> Anonymous
three methods:

1. Grab mouse by tail. Swing mouse against a hard object in a short, fast arc.

2. put mouse on level surface. Hold mouse tail, near the base. Place firm, flat object (wooden ruler works) at base of mouse's skull. Simultaneously bull on tail and push with ruler, sharply.

3. Most humane: CO2 gas chamber.
>> hypothetical /k/ommando
I use a hammer.

Massive head trauma results in a pretty quick, painless kill, I should think. Doesn't seem to affect the snake, either.
>> Anonymous
I could never kill a rodent. I love the little guys too much.
You could try clipping their nails if they're too sharp for your snake.
>> Anonymous
At the zoo i worked at, they did what was called "tapping". They just picked them up by the tail and slammed their head on a log of wood. It made a tap sound when their skulls broke.
>> Anonymous
>>296498
I was trying to be generic about it, I meant "anything that you can put behind the base of the skull to keep it in place and seperate the spine"....I'm doing the same thing everyone else is, just figured rolling pin would be a good generic term for what I needed...sorry for any confusion. Glad to see everyone in this thread kills their mice the right way.
>> hypothetical /k/ommando
>>296731

How else would you kill them?

How can you kill something the 'wrong way'? If it's dead you've achieved the desired end result.
>> Anonymous
I cut off their legs one by one so that they can't scratch my snake while he swallows them.
>> hypothetical /k/ommando
>>296733

Listen to this man.

He speaks the truth.
>> Anonymous
>>296732
Shooting myself in the head would be commiting suicide the right way...throwing myself into a bullet ant colony would be doinitwrong
>> Anonymous
>>296736
If you want something less painful, clip their claws or pull them out without trying to hurt them.
>> Anonymous
>>296741
Excuse me kind sir, but would a "real man" shoot himself or prefer the ant suicide?
>> hypothetical /k/ommando
>>296741

But if you shoot yourself AND ensure you fall among ants, then it's fuckwin.
>> Anonymous
>>296749
Touché good sir, touché.
>> Anonymous
And that is why he is the hypothetical kommando.