pinky mouse smell?

[Bry]

I've been thinking about trying a pinky mouse just once with my adult female B. albopilosum. I've heard a few posts about how bad it can stink. How much should I be concerned about the smell of a partially digested pinky mouse? Should I even bother trying? Personally, I have almost no sense of smell. So, I may not be able to smell it. My guests complain about how hot and humid my apartment is. I don't want to add "My god! This place stinks!" to that list.

Bry

 

[arachnopunks]

Yeah they stink and the longer it remains in the enclosure the worse it gets. I'm not talking days but hours. As soon as the T drops it pull it out and if you are squeamish hold your breath or dab a little vicks under the nostrils. Or don't bother wtih mammal feeders. We feed feral lizards to our T's that we catch outside and they put off an odor also. It is basically rotting flesh, to give you an idea. FYI, Florida keepers-The feral species of anole or lizard in FL is the Cuban brown not the Green or what some call "chameleons". The Cuban Brown has been systematically destroying the Green anole population in FL, ever notice there are alot less then you remember as a kid. The browns eat the greens offspring and eggs and are far more aggressive. Do a google search to get a better idea of the feral variety?

 

[Jakob]

When your T is done eating everything it possibly could out of that pinkie it will roll it up into a ball and usually deposit it as far away from its home as possible, this is when you come in and remove this stinky ball. It usually doesn't start eminating until a day or so after the deposit...then it STINKS and mites are all over it. Basically make sure you are home 12 or so hours (depending on size of the T)after the feeding occured. It's best to feed before you go to bed so that when you wake up it will be almost done.

 

[arachnopunks]

Originally posted by JakeRocks
It's best to feed before you go to bed so that when you wake up it will be almost done.

That is a good idea.

 

[Jakob]

Yea I've noticed that there are a lot less green anoles around than brown ones. Out of the total amount of anoles I've seen (hundreds if not thousands), I've only seen around 10 green ones.

 

[hillie16]

My A. seemanni has taken two pinkies in the last week and a half, and left absolutely nothing behind, ate the whole thing.

 

[dennis]

Yeah, my spiders don't leave anything either ... Guess the pinkies we feed em are of superb quality .


Dennis

 

[deifiler]

As long as the consumption of the pinky is less than 24 hours you should be fine, just don't give the spider too large a meal else it'll be over thsi time. My Genic' took a good 48 hours to eat an adult pre-killed mouse, and man did it stink... Think crabby fishy smell... I could actually 'taste' the salt in the air as I opened the tank.

The remains had been 'artistically' gummed to the tanks side, upon hauling it off it kind of 'burst' and vile smelling goo oozed from the puncture of the silk that was initially the case of the bolus. Strangly enough I found it amusing, but it made my friend wretch

 

[Valael]

I gave my curly hair a fuzzy once (the snakes didn't want it so I had an extra)



She munched away about 36 hours. Then she was kind enough to dump it in her water dish. It was horrid.




But I just rinsed the dish out and the smell was pretty much gone.

 

[Mister Internet]

Originally posted by JakeRocks
It's best to feed before you go to bed so that when you wake up it will be almost done.

That' swhat I do with my centipedes, and I've never noticed a very bad smell... of course, they eat by incision and digestion and not by dripping enzymes on their food... maybe the reason T's pinkies smell worse is because of that?

 

[arachnopunks]

Originally posted by Valael
She munched away about 36 hours. Then she was kind enough to dump it in her water dish. It was horrid.




But I just rinsed the dish out and the smell was pretty much gone.

that is what our T. blondi does and we rinse the smell away also

 

[hillie16]

Originally posted by deifiler
As long as the consumption of the pinky is less than 24 hours you should be fine,

Wow, my has every trace of the pinky gone in about 4-5 hours.

 

[Telson]

I've had pinkies go as fast as 4 or 5 hours in some cases, and juvi mice that have taken like 18 hours to finish. Only once that I can recall was there ever enough left to require a timely removal of "leftovers".

It's amazing to see a 6" T lunge and take down a immature but fully mobile mouse (hopper), but man, it's sure easier than going through the hassle of the 20 or 30+ crickets that it would take in order to provide the same volume of food!!

With the appetite on my Honduran curly hair since her last molt, I'm thinking I might just get her one cause she's already gone through 3 lizards in a couple days last payday and is still stalking the tank looking for the main course! She's only like 4" and it's blowing my mind how much she's eating!!

My 6" fem A. seemani who just molted the other day is a bit thin from the experience and I'm thinking I should pick up about 2 hoppers along with a small anole or house gecko for each of the others in my collection.