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I have a mouse(a wild mouse) that had four babies. I was wondering when they are big enough to bite a snake. I have a stubborn baby boa that will not eat F/T and don't want to risk it getting bitten.
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T-spoon
my menagerie:
1.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Amazon Tree Boa
1.0 Corn Snake
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
1.2 Bearded Dragons
2.1 Crested Geckos
2.1 Sudan Pated Lizards
0.0.5 Eastern Painted Turtles
1.2.5 Eastern Box Turtles
1.1 Eastern Red-spotted Newts
1.0 Northern Mockingbird
0.3 Chickens
2.0 Cats
1.1 Ferrets
0.0.35 some kind of goldfish

I believe they are capable of biting at about the time they become hoppers. If they have teeth, they can use them.

More important to me was your statement....
"I have a mouse(a wild mouse) that had four babies."

IMO it's common practice to NOT use wild rodents for food. Thay can come with a variety of parasites and/or diseases. IMO not worth the minimal cost savings!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

i really wouldnt worry about the mouse hurting your Boa 90% of the time the mouse head is not touching the snake.
observe the strike and if you see the mouse biting the snake put a pencil or stick of wood in the mouses teeth. constictors subdue their prey pretty quick