"I honestly see absolutely no reason in pre killing anything for a ball as you take away one of its natural characteristics of killing for a meal. In what way does it benefit the snake?? "

Benefits I am aware of:

-reduces chances of injury to BP. Sure, even if you keep an eye on the rat, it still might get a couple of good bites in before you have a chance to break it up. Sometimes snakes don't catch the food in the right spot, and the rodent has room to swing around. Why risk it at all?

-reduces suffering to prey. It's more humane.

-if thawed, you eliminate some parasites.

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• not to kill! to paralize! but how? - mmmthasgood1, Fri Jul 22 22:26:02 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - Melisssss, Fri Jul 22 22:36:45 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - 5StarrMorphs, Sat Jul 23 06:26:38 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - ginebig, Sat Jul 23 08:33:52 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - nightserpent, Sat Jul 23 08:41:32 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - mmmthasgood1, Tue Jul 26 07:52:39 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - Sac-snake-man, Tue Jul 26 20:54:10 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - mmmthasgood1, Wed Jul 27 07:58:12 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - Sac-snake-man, Thu Jul 28 13:06:32 2005
• RE: not to kill! to paralize! but how? - gmherps, Sat Jul 23 06:15:35 2005
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