do they put them in the freezer alive?
2007-06-17 02:04:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
they gas them and then freeze them separately
2007-06-17 05:46:35 · answer #1 · answered by cujo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspected that!! I work with reptiles and other animals and we had to buy some frozen mice for our snakes. The way the mice were huddled together was just like they were put in alive. I am sure the mice are supposed to be dead first but looking at the ones we got it did look like they were trying to get warm..
2007-06-17 02:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by Charley 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The store likely orders them frozen from a supplier. Commercial suppliers use carbon dioxide, that is the standardly accepted humane method that still keeps the rodents suitable for consumption. Freezing mammals to death is not humane.
2007-06-17 02:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by Thea 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes some place do put them in the freezer alive,
2007-06-17 04:05:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i keep snakes and lizards and feed them mice. what they do is gas them to put them "to sleep" and then freeze them. the law in the uk is that you cant feed snakes with live prey, even though this would be a closer representation of what happens in the wild. hope this doesn't freak you out to much!!
2007-06-17 02:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by YAMI 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so. They're supposed to use ether, but it's cheaper to just put them in the freezer.
2007-06-17 02:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by Dogsbody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use a Carbon Dioxide chamber and slowly fill a large glass container with carbon dioxide . It is actually very humane . They slowly fall asleep then die .
2007-06-17 03:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by darsow@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pinkies are put in the freezer just after birth ..tho now you mention it im not sre how they kill the fully grown ones
2007-06-17 03:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by greyhound mummy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they flash freeze them
they say the mice dont fell it but i know they do .
i think it is creul so i have pets that dont eat mice
2007-06-17 04:26:14 · answer #9 · answered by just kidding 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure exactly how, But I can assure you that the method is quite humane
2007-06-17 03:06:55 · answer #10 · answered by tori Lynn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course..why kill them first? It takes to much time to do the job twice..?
2007-06-17 02:07:42 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋