Wanting a snake~?

Question

I've always wanted a snake, always. But I've never been able to get over the fact that i have to feed it live mouses/rats just because I feel so bad about the mouse. Is there something I can do to get over this feeling?

Answer 1

You can feed frozen/thawed mice. where i'm from you must not feed live without a vets permission, and it must be fed to the snake in the privacy of your own home, a video must not be made of the snake eating the mouse as it is considered animal cruelty.

You should be able to buy frozen mice/rats from any reptile shop.

Answer 2

If you don't wanna feed your snake a live one (which is good), why don't ya try frozen/thawed mice? You just have to thaw a mouse or two at feeding time and that's it. No killing required.

If you don't want to feed your snake mice or rats or any kinds of rodents, then you can get a rough green snake that eats crickets or you shouldn't even get a snake because mostly snakes eat rodents or lizards or amphibians. Get a bearded dragon, or leopard gecko or anything else that you don't have to feed mice ^^

Hope this helps ^^

Answer 3

you can buy frozen rats/mice

Answer 4

Everything already been said is really true. If you use frozen/thawed mice or rats, just tell yourself its not the same. Its just like feeding.... um a cat or dog, cat or dog food which is made of meat. Or its like if you eat meat, you don't sit there thinking about how its actually a lump of cow on your plate do you? Thats how I did it to start with, then it just became second nature, a snake has to eat just like anyone else, and it happens to eat rodent, sucks to be a mouse ;)

hope i helped! =]

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Answer 5

the person above is correct, you can get a rough green tree snake or a garter snake. Neither have to eat mice. Just think of it as nature. If you eat meat, this is just the very same thing.