Mice & Worms or just mice?

[Mrs N1ntndo]

SO I could freeze them and then take them and cut them up and freeze them again in freezer baggies. I will be getting them first so thats why I said it that way. I will probly try to give Pheobe 1 or 2 of the pinkies live before hand and see what she does. I have never given her one and I have also never seen 1 eat it in person only on pics . not even on Video. Does anyone have it taped so we can see it?

[ConcinusMan]

just not a good only-diet-food item. At all.

Don't tell the northwestern garters that. They don't know it, and can live on them their entire lives without any problems.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yeah.... I think different about worms now...

It CAN be, just better with some other stuff thrown in.

[kibakiba]

Variety is always a plus

[ConcinusMan]

Cutting pinkies while they're still frozen solid is the only way to go. Otherwise they're like trying to cut bags of fairly tough skin filled with dang near liquid guts. It just doesn't work so well.

While frozen, I cut the hind legs off, being sure to get plenty of meat by cutting into the body a bit. Makes nice little meaty drumsticks. I do the same in the front. If you need very tiny bits you can also cut wedges out of the back and hip area. Then I usually feed what's left to larger snakes, in one piece. Once it's all cut (you have to be fast because they thaw quick) then you thaw the pieces. If you do this in a bag, it holds the juices and you can use it as gravy for chopped worms or fish.

As far as worms or tilapia goes, it's much easier to cut those thawed (worms live) with a pair of sharp scissors, then trying to use a knife.

[kibakiba]

I cut my fish while its frozen with a paring knife. It works perfectly.

[RedSidedSPR]

I use scissors. More control.

[xStatic]

Just thought I should mention.. it's not emtirely safe to keep frozen mice in the freezer for too long. If you seel them in an airtight vaccum bag, they can remain in the freezer up to a year. If they are only in a plastic baggy or caontainer than they should be used within 6 months then discareded. If you leave them longer than 6 months the rate of decompasition has reached a point where it is no longer safe for consumption. A normal freezer isn't cold enough to prevent all badcteria growth and you would be taking a chance with the snakes healthy to feed a frozen pinky older than 6 months.

Also, for cutting mice I almost always cute and/or slit all my frozen mice from pinkies to large adults to either make a meal small enough to be swallowed, or to aid in digestion. I use a small sharpish knife to cut them, but they generally snap apart pretty easy when they're frozen anyway