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Is there really an issue with parasite contraction from fresh killed mice vs. frozen thawed or is this a very minor difference?
I know freezing food products like pork pork less than 6 inches thick for 20 days at 5 o F will kill any trichinella worms, so I see how this could help but has anyone had an issue where a parasite free snake got parasites from eating rodents? And for anyone who responded to the CO2 post, thanks it helped, think I'll just bag and bash though I think this could get interesting with rats....

I'm not sure about that but when I started I wouldn't buy mice from a store that had a mite problem for the reason that it's better safe than sorry. Whats everyones opinon on this matter?
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Pastel 0.1
Spider 0.1
Normals 2.1
Het Pied 0.1
Leopard Geckos 1.1
American Bulldog 0.1

I breed my own rats on lab block diet (and sometimes old bread...no parasite issues feeding live
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I've been feeding F/T for over 25 years now, and so far have not had a problem.

best quickest way to dispatch a rodent is get someone to show you how to do cervical dislocation=rod behind head pressing down and a firm yank on tail quick and better than "bashing them"
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