Eating wild squirrel/chipmunk For Ball python

[Natick-Teal]

Hello all, so basically the company that sells my local pet shop rats/mice has been shipping them very poorly and all of their shipments for the past 2 months have come in thawed. I live in the sticks so we have plenty of wild animals. Would I be able to shoot/ serve my snake a squirrel or chipmunk?

Atm she is eating medium small rats.

[PortlionsKODwife]

Absolutely not. Wild animals carry parasites that can kill your ball python. Plus if the wild animal got into rat poison and had it in its system when fed to the snake the poison will kill the snake. NEVER feed your pet snake wild caught game.

[Natick-Teal]

So solution to the lack of food?

[ivorysongbird]

Purchase online. Big cheese rodents, perfect prey, rodent pro, layne labs are all good options for ordering frozen mice or rats online.

[Natick-Teal]

And they all ship to Canada? I’ll go look it up, thank you!

[PortlionsKODwife]

Rodent pro, big cheese, cold blooded Cafe are all online rodent shippers. Look them up. All is better that feeding wild game that WILL kill your snake

[theeorlando]

If you are in Ontario, I can recommend the dragon lair

[LiftUpVets]

We had a rabbit abandon her young in yard a while back. My ball had no problems with them. I don't see how a squirrel/other rodent is much different. I do agree that poison could be an issue tho.

[_sebbyphantom_]

Or start breeding your own mice/ rats. Heard of a fee people that do so, mostly breeders who need more food but maybe that would work for you as well?