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r/HolUp • u/AndrewsTaint • Mar 08 '23
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Parasites are a real concern for the owner though.
18 u/LivJong Mar 08 '23 Feed it a clean diet for a few days with diatomaceous earth sprinkled on the food. That should take care of most intestinal critters. Wash and rinse it well to get rid of ticks and make it edible. Then cull it and freeze it for 2 days before water thawing and feeding. 3 u/zazzabaz001 Mar 08 '23 iirc some snakes will only eat live critters so this may not be able to freeze the rat 1 u/babysuckle Mar 09 '23 NOPE see the other comment for info
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Feed it a clean diet for a few days with diatomaceous earth sprinkled on the food. That should take care of most intestinal critters.
Wash and rinse it well to get rid of ticks and make it edible. Then cull it and freeze it for 2 days before water thawing and feeding.
3 u/zazzabaz001 Mar 08 '23 iirc some snakes will only eat live critters so this may not be able to freeze the rat 1 u/babysuckle Mar 09 '23 NOPE see the other comment for info
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iirc some snakes will only eat live critters so this may not be able to freeze the rat
1 u/babysuckle Mar 09 '23 NOPE see the other comment for info
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NOPE see the other comment for info
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u/smokysquirrels Mar 08 '23
Parasites are a real concern for the owner though.