Very interesting post. I have been told many times that I have issues, but not about this particular subject. The questions I have about this practice have nothing to do with me catching something from road kill. I really don't think that's a danger. Nor am I worried that I will contract some disease if I feed my snakes a dead squirrel and the snake bites me later. I am current on my tetanus shot, so no worries there.

My question was about whether or not someone out there had any real world experience with this practice, and whether or not the veterinarian was correct in his statement. Of the three posts so far, no one has answered the question.

This is not something I have done very often, and not recently, but I have done it, and with no problems. I keep my snakes in very nice cages, I spend lots of time with them, and I use them weekly in presentations to people of all ages. And I also have them on a steady diet of captive bred rabbits.

Though I do not make it a habit of doing this, my experience has been that the vet was correct. I am not interested in knowing if any others have had any experience doing this. That's all.

RP

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