CO2 is a naturally occuring element (in our air of course) and it doesn't have any ill effects in the quantity your talking about in a rats lungs. The snakes have more CO2 in their lungs that they exhale when the hiss than a rat would have so I wouldn't be to worried about not feeding it for several hours. I feed straight from the "gas chamber" to the snake box and have for years. I believe whomever told you that may have been thinking of a more substantial quantity of CO2 (which of course would not be smart or practical - they would suffocate their snake). I wouldn't worry about it at all. Very safe and clean method of feeding for your reptiles. Not blasting by any means, just wanting to correct a misconception.
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• feeding pre-killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ballfreak, Tue Aug 29 17:19:48 2006
• RE: feeding pre-killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - lovepig78, Tue Aug 29 17:33:33 2006
• RE: feeding pre-killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - dnreptiles, Tue Aug 29 18:45:37 2006
• I do not believe that is true........ - kjanda, Wed Aug 30 13:26:56 2006
• RE: I do not believe that is true........ - hoot, Wed Aug 30 13:51:44 2006
• RE: feeding pre-killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - voodoo13, Tue Aug 29 23:45:06 2006
• RE: feeding pre-killed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - PAsnake, Wed Aug 30 12:24:31 2006