Re: C: was-- Re: B: Good breeders/shippers certified by AGS :B :C

[Michelle Haines]

At 06:45 PM 8/9/00 -0400, Donna Anastasi wrote:

>Hi Doug, thanks for the warning...perhaps selling the whole setup,
>selling gerbils for more than feeder rats,

Just FYI, not all people feed their snakes gerbils because they are cheaper
than rats, it's usually the opposite.  Several breeds of pythons eat
rodents similar to gerbils as their natural food, and don't like to eat
other types of rodents.

>I've heard that gerbils make poor live snake food because the fight,
>kick, and claw so much that the animal can get injured.  Is this true?

Yes, it's true.  However, humane snake keepers will stun, or preferably
kill, their feeder animals before giving them to the snakes.

Michelle
Flutist