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Post by Awaiting Abyss on Jan 21, 2014 1:58:58 GMT -5
Is it safe for ferrets to eat mice with tumors?
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Post by Sherry on Jan 21, 2014 9:20:32 GMT -5
I'm sure it likely is but I don't know that I would. Personal thing.
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Post by msav on Jan 21, 2014 9:28:37 GMT -5
My philosophy is: If you wont eat it then don't feed it. Now I know you wont eat a mouse. But think of it as a steak. Would you eat a steak that had tumors on it? I certainly would not.
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Post by RedSky on Jan 22, 2014 5:24:17 GMT -5
I'd assume that the tumour is most likely cancer but can you get cancer from eating it? I would't think so, but I suppose you've got to ask yourself is it worth the risk?
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Post by goingpostal on Jan 22, 2014 11:15:51 GMT -5
It probably is, especially since older mice/rats are so prone to them, who knows how many feeders have the start of cancer and tumors just not noticeable yet. Normally predators go after the sick and weak anyways. That said the few times I've experienced older mice with lumps I just euth and toss because the idea of feeding them off is icky.
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Post by Awaiting Abyss on Jan 22, 2014 13:03:49 GMT -5
I just hate to waste them is all. I know its okay to feed them to snakes, but my little snake only can eat baby mice and these two mice are elderly adults.
Maybe I'll just save them for when I get a larger snake.
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Post by Heather on Jan 22, 2014 13:36:45 GMT -5
I have to admit...I don't feed them but it has no science behind it....it's purely for the reason why I have my own mice...to feed healthier prey food to my ferrets. My mice with tumours are usually euthed and returned to the earth
ciao
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 14:48:52 GMT -5
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_causes_of_cancerInfectious diseases are transmissible. So, while the cancer might be safe to eat, it could have cancer because of a disease you could possibly be ingesting. I wouldn't risk it. Tasmanian devils are facing extinction due to an infectious disease causing facial cancer. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 4:13:51 GMT -5
It is fine. Tasmanian Devils are suffering from a cancer infectious to their own species alone, not their diet & captive bred ones are free of it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2014 23:06:23 GMT -5
I do not feed tumor mice to my ferrets, instead my snake gets them, and sometimes she refuses to eat them! I don't have very many mice show up with tumors, thankfully, but I just don't feel right giving them to the ferret's. Of course I realize they could have internal tumors which I cannot see, but if they have obvious odd lumps, they go to the snake.
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Post by Awaiting Abyss on May 1, 2014 16:11:50 GMT -5
When I posted this I didn't have a snake large enough to eat adult mice. Now I do and she will get any mice with tumors.  However, I probably won't have very many mice at all (if any) with tumors now. I got some show mice yesterday, so I won't be working with pet store mice anymore. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 22:16:12 GMT -5
I haven't gotten any mice yet, but I plan to eventually. How can you tell they have tumors? I wouldn't want to feed that to Lucy.
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Post by Sherry on Jul 7, 2014 9:07:55 GMT -5
Skin lesions would be the first thing to see, as well as any large bumps or lumps
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