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Nutritional value of rodent feeders?

Beachbabies said:
One of the posts said to expose the brain matter of the mouse/rat, it's grossing me out just thinking about it, and when I brought it up to the hubs he said no! I don't mind feeding him live baby rats, I feel better about doing it that way than having dead rats in my freezer (between the cookie dough and the ice-cream) <gag> can he eat more than 1 per feed? Or should I feed him more often?
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To be honest, you are not going to get a solid answer on this. I've read so many opinions on which is better that my head hurts. I would feed him one or two at a time right now than more often. I've heard a lot say that you should feed them after every defication, but sometimes my snakes take over a month to deficate.

Funny story about feeding live baby rats. Well not funny but sad. Last night, I pulled out several 10 day old live rats and was feeding them to my hatchlings and my male mojave decided he was too hungry to wait. He charged me and the rat upon opening his enclosure. He grabbed the live rat pup and didn't even kill it. He started eating it tail first while it was alive. There was a good thirty minutes of this screaming live rat being choked down from the rear. My wife and I got in a fight about "how I'm torturing these rats" and I how am "enjoying this" because I was watching. I really wanted to put the rat out of his misery but once they strike, I only get involved if it's a threat to the safety of the snake.
 
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