Freezing?

agallegos37 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: Freezing?

Just wondering if tossing a live mouse in a ziploc bag and putting it in the freezer would be okay. I would prefer to be frozen then ripped apart lol

Would that work okay?
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stlmetalhead · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject:

Hmmm well since mice are mammals that might take awhile to kill it so i would kill it first. Either put it in a tubba ware container and hurl it against the wall(mouse hits its head and dies) or take a ruler and put it behind the mouses head and make a swift jerk while you have ahold of the tail this will break its neck. or you could do it the easy way and just buy frozen,lol.
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Teiidae · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Freezing?

agallegos37 · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject:

What about putting it in a hard tupperware thing and shaking it really hard?
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Teiidae · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:

I would just break it's neck - It's fast and simple and more humane if that's the right word for killing a feeder, rather than trying to shake it or freeze it to death...
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agallegos37 · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:37 am Post subject:

Okay I might just order them online then. I actually like watching my tegu eat the live mice and there's a good, cheap supply of them near my house but my girlfriend doesn't like me feeding them live, so I'll figure something out. Thanks for the input though
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gunznrosez13 · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject:

hold on im confused. if u freeze or buy frozen do u thaw them somehow and how do u thaw it?

Grimlock · Honored Member Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 213

uhh that is VERY cruel...please kill it as quickly and humanely as possible before freezing it. if you aren't up to that, just buy ones that are already frozen. thats worse than just feeding it to the tegu alive in my opinion.

fyi, pet stores often throw sick and un-sellable animals into a freezer to kill them "guilt free." i think its a really horrible and cruel practice, mammals take a long time to freeze to death, and cold-blooded animals begin to freeze before they are dead which must be excrutiatingly painful.

agallegos37 · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:12 am Post subject:

I didn't do it, but I don't think it's as cruel as feeding live. I would MUCH rather be frozen to death than ripped apart and eaten by some lizard that's like 10 times the size of me.

And to thaw the mice, you can put them in a ziploc bag and put the bag in some hot or warm water until it's warm.
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Grimlock · Honored Member Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 213

i'd rather be eaten alive. at least you'd go into shock and it would be over quickly. freezing would be very slow and agonizing. the fact you won't see the animal die is appealing but it is really a nasty thing to do.