wild caugt mice??

[hunter]

would a normal house mouse be ok to feed a corn, or one of my other reptiles if it has been frozen for a while, im not really intending on doing this, i just have at least 1 mouse in my attic, and was trhinking hey 2 birds with one stone ahha. thanks

[HeatherRose]

While freezing a mouse might do something to eliminate parasites, you really have no idea where it's been. I wouldn't risk it...

Would you eat a wild caught dirty hotdog?

[hunter]

hahaahahahaha yes i would heather!!!! ahhaahah that actually put me in a better mood hahaha

[hunter]

wild damn caught hot dog ahhahahaa seriously that was funny!! yeah i had the same thoughts about parasites..thanks

[Will]

I myself wouldn't touch a wild mouse, unless it was with the business end of a 9 iron, let alone feed one to my snakes... ;)

[HeatherRose]

:p

Even with ketchup?

Does anyone have any information on what freezing does NOT eliminate? Or does it get rid of pretty much all possible parasites or ailments carried by mice/rats?

[DragnDrop]

If you can get the temperature down low enough, you can kill just about anything, even all parasites. The trouble is the normal deep freeze doesn't get near cold enough to kill anything but the 'weakest' parasites. A fridge top freezer doesn't even get cold enough to do any good.
A few years ago I found a few sites about parasites and what kills them. I just searched on Google, but can't recall what search terms I used, and of course I didn't bookmark them because I was just looking for fun. I bet you could still find a lot of the webpages if you were bored enough to spend a night looking. ... ... I might just justify it as a break from income tax preps.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Think of it this way; Is the possible risk to your snake worth saving one dollar? ;)

[Asian Jon]

Agreed. It's easier to 'catch' mice at the pet store than it is to catch one in my attic anyways :D

[crimsonking]

Wild mice could also carry a virus that could be dangerous to you. Several,I believe, including "hanta" virus (sp). Anyway, there is also a chance the mouse has ingested poisons of some sort that would end up in your animal. I have trouble with wild rats sometimes and could really use them but I fear the poisons a neighbor may put out.
Be careful.
:Mark

[hunter]

oh yeah for sure the reason is i have a mouse friendly mouse trap and caught two of them today, with no intentions of feeding them before i at least checked if freezing would illiminate all parasites, i found out tonight it does kill the large parasites, but as someone said it would have to be crazily cold to get them all, anyways my little corn just ate its second meal another f/t fuzzy! take care

ps my snake seems to be taking small poops is that normal, just used to where if my water dragon ate a mouse his poop would be huge! he does go every day at least once though.

[Double J]

Don't forget that wild mice are notious for eating the pink fiberglass insulation in your walls. It's really disturbing seeing that mice have actually been chewing and ingesting that crap. It makes me shudder.

[HeRpZ03]

Originally posted by HeatherRose


Would you eat a wild caught dirty hotdog?

LMAO!!!....i caught one once but never got around to eating it. :rolleyes: