Hrrmph. It's like when I had this one neighbor who'd joke about using my dogs for fish bait. Some people honestly think that talking about what various things can eat your pets is something to bond over.
What I hate about being polite is it takes both parties to make it satisfying. Otherwise...
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The concern there is parasites, poison, any number of terrible things wriggling and writhing through the body of those wild rodents. There's a reason pet snakes have a much longer lifespan than wild ones, and it doesn't all have to do with predation. Snake enthusiasts will strongly...
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Frozen mice around here are $5 (used to be $3, don't know why they went up), chicks are usually about a buck. For larger snakes it's worse, with $9 for a frozen rat vs finding a $5 roo on craigslist. I have not lived anywhere where chicks were not significantly cheaper than frozen...
Chicks are larger than mice, but the actual meat ratio isn't as good as a mouse. The main concern would be money or making the snake's head grow. Apparently she doesn't realize that, though.
My extra chicks go to snakes, but it's not information I throw around on a site such as this because I know it could irk a lot of people. I couldn't imagine volunteering that information face to face with someone I know loves chickens . . . I wouldn't say she's an idiot, but certainly...