fed a mouse to lasiodorides striatus [Archive]

Fred

11-14-2004, 10:07 PM

It was the most awesome thing ever, I brought a mouse home from petcetra and fed it to my L striatus, you guys might think I'm a bit twisted but when my L striatus bit the mouse it squeeled and I thought that was pretty. but the mouse put up a good fight it kicked my tarantula's pedipalp and kind of cut it but not really but anyways sorry I didn't take any pics.

ShaunHolder

11-15-2004, 02:15 AM

Hooo, your just asking for trouble! :wicked:
I can allready see the 5 pages of people arguing about wether or not it's right to feed mice to T's. ;)

Randolph XX()

11-15-2004, 03:24 AM

congrades Fred, but remember u can do that occasionally but don't feed her every meal...just my two cents

Bob

11-15-2004, 09:13 AM

My freind had an adult T. Blondi die when he fed it an adult mouse. You are possibly in trouble if the spider is not hungry. The mouse bit the spider and it bleed to death...be carefull.

Sting Crazy

11-15-2004, 06:29 PM

I know it sounds really gruesome but I've heard the best way to feed an adult mouse to a T (and they should only be fed to very large Ts) is to smack the mouse's head against something hard first. This will injure and stun the mouse so that it has less of a chance of putting up a fight. This may sound inhumane, but you have to look out for the best interests of the T.

Spydra

11-15-2004, 06:34 PM

I can see this stirring up quite a bit of mixed emotions :(

Renee

Pokie1

11-15-2004, 07:32 PM

I have seen mice chew through lots of stuff thicker than a T. so I would incapacitate it before I gave it to a T. (except maybe to a fast, potent arboreal like P. Regalis). I dunno about beating the mouse's head in to stun it though. That sounds kinda mean. I was thinking of using a high output Tazer- the 600,000 volt model :wicked: Superworms explode when they get hit with it. We are talking goo everywhere :evil: That might be a bit of overkill. Whatdya think? {D

Pokie1

Spydra

11-15-2004, 07:47 PM

Rounder

11-15-2004, 08:18 PM

When feeding mice to snakes I have a blunt metal rod that I give them a good smack on the head with first, sometimes the mouse will recover and be ok (when refused), other times I get them pretty good and they are definitely doomed either way. If the meal is refused I will make sure the mouse is dead and freeze/thaw them for another meal time. I don't see why the freeze/thaw method couldn't work for Ts anyway. In fact, I use to buy frozen mice by the dozen for my snakes. Just use a pair of tongs to jiggle the mouse.

Personally, I don't think smacking a mouse on the head with a metal rod is any worse than how they are killed by the masses to be sold frozen, which is done daily. Humans have far worse crimes against animals and the environment than brutally killing a few rodents for pet food.

Sequin

11-15-2004, 08:21 PM

Why not put it in the frig. for a while to slow it down first? I would think that would be more effective than beating its head on something. I mean, I know its a mouse, but beating its head on something hard just seems cruel IMO. But that is my 2 cents worth.

Renee

hhahahahahaha i think that only works for cold blooded animals...like toads... mouse = mammal. and ive also heard a quick stun is the best way to go... dont think i could ever do it tho

nowhereman

11-15-2004, 08:50 PM

We don't feed our T's Mice. We do feed rats to our Boa and corns. All it takes is a quick whack on the edge of the coffee table to break its neck. It does not require a great deal of force. Nothing gruesome or inhumane.
Do any of you eat meat ? Visit a slaughter house if you think this is gruesome.
Think about next time you eat. Someone had to kill, gut and cut up what you are having for a meal. :eek:

Immortal_sin

11-15-2004, 11:15 PM

yep, a good whack to the head is way more humane than putting them in the freezer. What I would NOT do, is to take a chance on any mouse live other than a pinkie, and give it to your T. You may end up with a dead spider.
I don't even like feeding live pinkies, because I'm a wimp, and hate to hear them squeal. I've found my spiders are happy with dead thawed mice just as well.

ShaunHolder

11-16-2004, 04:34 AM

Do any of you eat meat ?

Some how that's a really funny question. {D

Spider-man 2

11-16-2004, 04:52 AM

We should just stop this thread before it turns into a debate. :wall:

Sting Crazy

11-16-2004, 09:53 AM

If you're really hell bent on watching your T kill a vertibrate I'm thinking maybe an anole lizard would be safer than a mouse.

Xanzo

11-16-2004, 06:20 PM

I don't have any qualms about feeding vertebrates but I don't think it's worthwhile. gutload your feeders with calcium and other vits/minerals and it's almost as good as a vertebrate. Why risk your T?

Pheonixx

11-16-2004, 08:51 PM

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umm live mice huh? it bit it's pendilap huh? did the T bleed clear liquid? you might wanna check on that. and look around the cage for a really stinky ball and get it out of there, cause the leftover mouse parts will attract, well everything you can think of.

Spider-man 2

11-17-2004, 02:53 AM

I only feed my large female blondi hoppers, never mice. She seems to know how to handle them very well with letting herself get bit by the hopper. I have never had any problems and she eaten maybe 5-6 hoppers so far. Its that or I feed her like 25 crix, and I don't wanna do that.

Some prefer to feed vertabrates, some don't. Just the way it goes. It is YOUR spider, do what u want with it, but if you post about it, be prepared for some people to be objective.

Deschain

11-17-2004, 05:46 AM

I only feed pinkies or really young white feeders (just barely opened eyes)...nothing older. And then only occasionally.

The chance of hurting the T is too great, and anything but a rather large, and fairly hungry T will leave nasty leftovers. When I want to watch something other than crickets or pinkies (which isn't much of a show most of the time), I'll put in an anole or some other small green snack.

I've never seen my H.gigas strike so fast and powerfully (she eats pinkies in slo-mo which is very unlike any other T I have or have seen in person).

My P.regalis litterally stalks her tank for her anoles. Needless to say I am glued to her tank when she gets them.
On the rare occasion I feed her a pinkie, I don't get to see her eat it at all. I put it in...and stare for 10 minutes...Unleash the fury Mitch. Unleash the fury Mitch.
UNLEASH THE DAMN FURY MITCH! And then see her licking her chops when I check later.

Rounder

11-17-2004, 08:17 AM

IUnleash the fury Mitch. Unleash the fury Mitch.
UNLEASH THE DAMN FURY MITCH! And then see her licking her chops when I check later.

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you put it in your mouth too?

Deschain

11-19-2004, 02:24 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you put it in your mouth too?

Yeah, but my Pokie doesn't enjoy crawling around in there too often...

TroyMcClureOG82

11-19-2004, 02:44 AM

I fed my 8.5" T blondi a mouse today. I didn't stun it first, and the T handled it with EASE.

If you must a good way to stun them is to twist the end of the brown paper sack they come in when you buy it and kind of make a handle out of it. Then smack the bag against a wall. You can also just kind of wad the bag with the mouse in it into a ball and throw it into the wall. They pretty much die on impact this way.

I tried to freeze an adult rat one day in my extra freezer in the garage. This freezer is really cold too, not a keep the ice cream soft kind of freezer. Anyways I opened the freezer up a few days later to find the rat chilling there alive eating food from the freezer.

ShaunHolder

11-19-2004, 03:21 AM

I fed my 8.5" T blondi a mouse today. I didn't stun it first, and the T handled it with EASE.

If you must a good way to stun them is to twist the end of the brown paper sack they come in when you buy it and kind of make a handle out of it. Then smack the back against a wall. You can also just kind of wad the bag with the mouse in it into a ball and throw it into the wall. They pretty much die on impact this way.

I tried to freeze an adult rat one day in my extra freezer in the garage. This freezer is really cold too, not a keep the ice cream soft kind of freezer. Anyways I opened the freezer up a few days later to find the rat chilling their alive eating food from the freezer.

I've always been amazed by rats and roaches and thier ability to survive in such harsh conditions. To bad they all end up T food anyway. :rolleyes:

G_Wright

11-19-2004, 11:30 AM

DeathRowDisco

11-19-2004, 12:27 PM

just my opinion i only feed pre killed mice to my T's if i have to I think feeding live mice is crule. I know they eat that sort of thing in the wild but thats nature in captivity they dont have to and anyone getting enjoyment of of it is twisted

Quite a few of us must be pretty damn twisted, then.
I once debated feeding a kitten to a T. Mind you, the kitten was one of the three that my cat had that year, and every year we had her, she had three kittens, and one always died, with the exception of her bobcat/lynx/maine coon kitties, which we kept one of... but yeah, the kitten was already dead from natural causes, and I thought it would be cool to watch the T. eat it.
Twisted, you say? MWAHAHAHA. ;P

Merfolk

05-12-2006, 02:53 PM

I know of a girl who feeds month old kittens to her snakes (and I totaly love kittens):confused:

Other animals I'd never use as feeders are rats. Too smart and affectionate, it is at least 20 times more intelligent than a mouse.

Hamsters? Saved by their price. Or else I wouldn't have any drawback seeing them getting chewed alive. Suffer bastard!!!!!!! This is an animal for which mercy doesn't exist in my mind!!!

What motivated me getting T's is exactly their hunting abilities. Beside, frozen/thawed feeders don't exist in nature.

Prekilled do exist in nature although, that's called scavenging, but T will prefer living over dead when given the choice (except for slings, which supports the notion that a T's first meals are prekilled by mother)

Anyways, in nature, vertebrates are an occasional treat, it should be the same in captivity!!!

PA7R1CK

05-12-2006, 03:12 PM

Hooo, your just asking for trouble! :wicked:
I can allready see the 5 pages of people arguing about wether or not it's right to feed mice to T's. ;)

Agreed. This is just asking for trouble. Anyway I'm glad your T made it though the feeding safly. You said yourself that your tarantula got kicked by the mouse, your lucky it wasnt injured.