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Ok, so I am trying to find out an easy and humane way to incapacitate feeders. I will never feed live because of the risk to the snake. My biggest problem is that I can't hold them by the tail and hit their heads on the ground, or any other object. I don't know what my problem is, but I just never hit them hard enough and I ALWAYS get bit. Seriously, I've been bitten like 12 times trying to do that. I can't hit them over the head with anything else, either, for the same reason, I just can't seem to hit them hard enough. Mice, I can do, but the rats you have to hit really hard and it just never works.
So, how do I do it? I have heard that you can grab them by the neck and push down and seperate their vertabrae, but again, sounds like a lot of force and I'm also very nervous around rats now, because I've been bitten so much. I have to feed like 4 large rats a week and it's becoming a huge problem. I've also heard that you can drown them, and it only takes about thirty seconds, but isn't that kind of cruel? Any advice on a humane way that will also leave all my fingers intact would be so helpful.
Also, I don't want to cause any controversy with this. I don't hate rats, I want to be as humane as possible with them, but these feeders are not like cuddly little pets. They are not used to human contact, they kick frantically and will climb their tails and bite anything that they can get ahold of. The last time I got bit it severed a tendon in my finger and you could see the bone. I feel bad for the rats, but hey, I don't want to get hurt. And I won't feed frozen/thawed. It's a really long story, but no, I absolutely won't do it. I know many people don't agree, but I've honestly tried all other options and this is where I am at.
-Ally
So, how do I do it? I have heard that you can grab them by the neck and push down and seperate their vertabrae, but again, sounds like a lot of force and I'm also very nervous around rats now, because I've been bitten so much. I have to feed like 4 large rats a week and it's becoming a huge problem. I've also heard that you can drown them, and it only takes about thirty seconds, but isn't that kind of cruel? Any advice on a humane way that will also leave all my fingers intact would be so helpful.
Also, I don't want to cause any controversy with this. I don't hate rats, I want to be as humane as possible with them, but these feeders are not like cuddly little pets. They are not used to human contact, they kick frantically and will climb their tails and bite anything that they can get ahold of. The last time I got bit it severed a tendon in my finger and you could see the bone. I feel bad for the rats, but hey, I don't want to get hurt. And I won't feed frozen/thawed. It's a really long story, but no, I absolutely won't do it. I know many people don't agree, but I've honestly tried all other options and this is where I am at.
-Ally