> >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?
>>
>> Donna
>
>There was a story on the list awhile back, maybe a year or two ago,
>about a gerbil that was bought as snake food and he beat up the snake
>pretty thoroughly!
>
>According to the story, the snake owner returned the somewhat battered
>(but living) gerbil to the petstore. Someone bought the gerb as a pet
>and named him "Thor" after hearing the snake story.
Most of the "serious" snake owners I know (the ones who actually want to own
and care for a snake, as opposed to people who want to watch a kind of
garbage disposal for rodents) will kill the live food before they feed it to
the snake. Even a mouse can scratch, and snakes can run into the thousands
when it comes to replacing them. So it's easier to put the critter down,
and then feed it to the snake.
