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My mexican black king eats alot of mice, so I think I want a small mouse colony to help save some money.

I don't like the idea of feeding live...my biggest concern is freezing. How do you humanely kill the mouse before freezing?

if its full grown, pick it up by the tail and whack its head. if its a pinky/fuzzy just freeze it.

or better yet..just go to www.bigcheeserodents.com and order some in bulk...pretty cheap from them
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-Chris

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0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

There was similar question a while back on one of these forums, and if I remember correctly, the consensus was that the best way to euthanize the mice before freezing was to gas them with CO2.
Good Luck!

www.themousefactory.com

^ pretty cheap also.

Breeding small quantities of mice is almost not as cost efficent, and it takes a good amount of time to feed and clean the mice everyday. It is somewhat cheaper, but not a whole lot.

ChrisH had a post awhile back that was pretty good... you may want to look for that.
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Current Collection:
0.1 Antherystic elaphe guttata guttata - Corn Snake
1.0 Elaphe vulpina gloydi - Eastern Fox Snake
0.1 Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta - Black Rat Snake
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1.1 Morelia spilota cheyni - Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Tiliqua scincoides intermedia - Northern Blue Tongue Skink

...........should be the STINK! Buy bulk. Duffy

put it in a paper ba so you dont have to see it and slap the bag on the table or something hard. DO THIS WHILE THINKING OF SOMEONE THAT YOU DISLIKE!!!

bush?

maybe i should start a mouse colony now
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

Here is my reply to this same question two months ago. Still holds true. With only a few snakes, you won't save money or time over buying frozen rodents.

My reply to this question 2 months ago

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Chris Harrison

Sorry I wasn't around all weekend to read/respond to these posts...

But it definitely looks like bulk will be the way to go. Hmmm....gonna need some extra freezer space somewhere...

i raise them and keep certain colors to try and get different things.....

kind of like a cornsnake project with a 6 week turnaround time lol ....in fact i have bred albino almost totally OUT of my mice
the last litter only had 1 out of 14

it is also cool to watch as the mice grow from tiny babies and you can also feed them off as they get to the exact size for your snake.....(ntm feeding off ones who bite you always feels good lol)

keith
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