Promethius
New member
I am fairly new here so I don't know if this is the right place to post this or not but here goes...
I have been buying feeder mice for my 2y.o. female hog from a local pet store. I have been buying in quantity and freezing them for 3 months at a time or so. When I tried to feed her these, even when the are fresh or still alive even, she would turn her nose up at them. I was really starting to become concerned as she had never missed a meal since I got her. She went about 3 months where she would not eat at all. I know this can be normal, however, the last time I went in to buy some more and try again, the store owners jaw dropped when she asked if I still had that same snake and I said yes. Maybe I'm paranoid
or something but thinking back on it, every single time I would but mice there she would go back to where the mice are kept and whisper in the girls ear that was getting the mice out. Sometimes they would empty the bag containing the mice that were already selected for me and start over. I wound up going to Petsmart and purchasing their prefrozen mice and my baby eats everytime but if I put one of the other guys mice in she refuses. The last two I bought from there died within an hour of being brought home and immediately started to smell horribly. Has anyone run into something like this and if so what's the best thing to do so that no one loses an animal to something like this?(Other than the obvious don't buy mice there)
I have been buying feeder mice for my 2y.o. female hog from a local pet store. I have been buying in quantity and freezing them for 3 months at a time or so. When I tried to feed her these, even when the are fresh or still alive even, she would turn her nose up at them. I was really starting to become concerned as she had never missed a meal since I got her. She went about 3 months where she would not eat at all. I know this can be normal, however, the last time I went in to buy some more and try again, the store owners jaw dropped when she asked if I still had that same snake and I said yes. Maybe I'm paranoid
or something but thinking back on it, every single time I would but mice there she would go back to where the mice are kept and whisper in the girls ear that was getting the mice out. Sometimes they would empty the bag containing the mice that were already selected for me and start over. I wound up going to Petsmart and purchasing their prefrozen mice and my baby eats everytime but if I put one of the other guys mice in she refuses. The last two I bought from there died within an hour of being brought home and immediately started to smell horribly. Has anyone run into something like this and if so what's the best thing to do so that no one loses an animal to something like this?(Other than the obvious don't buy mice there) 
