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boredfoot
at Fri Apr 13 05:42:43 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by boredfoot ]
I don't know if this would work as effectively on a really large rat, but I just drop them into a thick plastic bag and whack the rat against a hard floor. One good swing is all it ever takes. The rat dies right away. I've never tried dislocating the spine, because that's just too "hands on" for me. I don't want to feel the animal die...I just want it dead.
The only thing bad about this method is that obviously, stuff gets scrambled inside the rat, and things can become distended. But, if you feed it to your snake right away, it's no problem.
Clearly, this is the humbling aspect of herping, but ultimately, we're all just trying to do the best we can for our animals. And, freshly killed is a better option than having your snake get bitten badly by its prey. That can be really awful. So, you're doing the right thing.
Good luck.
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