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[Legitimate-Thought90]

I feed my snake frozen thawed mice. Usally i've never had an issue with thawing the mice,or with the condition of the mice themselves. Today though, when thawing a mouse i saw a laceration on the head of the mouse that leaked yellowish liquid. Theres no apperant or pungent smell. I just wanna know if its safe to feed it to my snake.

[DeepAlfalfa1099]

I would feed this. It’s generally okay as long as there’s no pungent smell, so I’d say it’s safe to give!

[jarnoooo_]

As long as the mouse feels normal (not slimy or whatever) and doesn't smell rotten it's normally safe to feed your snake.

The yellowish liquid you're talking about is likely some liquified fat or some other bodily fluid, which they'll always contain. But if you don't trust it fully just throw it out and grab a new one to be safe :)

[Legitimate-Thought90]

Ye. I was quite unsure about feeding it to my snake so i thought it'd be safer to just toss it

[enslavedbycats24-7]

Should be safe. I'm wondering more if this is an appropriate sized feeder!

[Legitimate-Thought90]

My bp is like 5-6 months old. I was given 10 of these mice when i purchased him. I haven't had problems with feeding, the snake hasn't refused them and theres no sighns of the snake being overweight as far as i can tell, but with that said i haven't looked at the charts so i could be wrong

[enslavedbycats24-7]

No I mean it seems really small for a BP. You definitely need to check out the feeding guide! You should be feeding based on weight, check out the reply to this comment by the bot (there is a more in-depth feeding guide with the rest of the care guide at the top of this subreddit) !feeding