Psst.

[bladespark]

Live feeding isn't evil.

Live feeding isn't inhumane.

Live feeding is stupid, but that's all. Letting your $.99 mouse kill your $100+ snake is just silly. (And they CAN kill the snake. Even if the mouse doesn't kill it right away, a badly mouse bitten snake often has to be put down.)

*evil grin* If you differ, feel free, but I'm going to think you're a bleeding heart, fluffy, PETA-like person. Dead mouse is dead mouse, whether it arrived frozen, or I twisted its little neck after I bought it or the snake strangled it. It's just as dead. If you think the way it dies matters to the mouse... well, please be prepared to offer up a darn good explanation, I've yet to hear one that didn't amount to "but the poor fluffy little thing suffered! *sniffsniff*" Because you know what's the funny thing? One way they kill feeder mice is by suffocating them. Yep. It's quite possible it'll get strangled either way. And when it boils right down to it, it's a mouse. Maybe it's the cat in me, but I don't think there's anything wrong with a mouse suffering a little bit, if that's what it takes to feed something else.

There's your FYI for the day, courtesy of stupid strangers who invade my lj and take issue with my opinions on feeder rodents.

Comments

[emirasan.livejournal.com]

I don't really see live feeding as a thrill, but it is definately facinating to watch a snake nab it's prey and then eat it. That an animal without arms or legs can hunt as effectively as they do is quite amazing...or at least to me it is.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of interesting snake feeding videos on YouTube, actually. I found a set of ones with a giant Burmese python eating various things, including a chicken and a rabbit.

[emirasan.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look for those. I actually like to catch the ones on Discovery and Science channel too. Food is food and as long as the snake eats and is healthy, what's it matter? Glad to know little Anthony is doing well too btw. Last time I talked to my mom, she said Spooky had just eaten and was getting ready to shed. I don't see him getting any bigger now though as he is about 4ft long or a bit over.

um yeah

[aazhie.livejournal.com]

i always feel bad for the little buggers. I do feed FT when he will take them, but it's half and half mostly. While I will admit, it is entertaining to watch him hunt, it is just as fun to play with the rats/mice on tongs and make him chase it. The extra "thrill" for me is usually nerves, i just want him to kill it quick and be done, I would do without it all the same.


snakes are neat, nature is fun to watch, but you have to respect it too. it's not a game, but I don't think it is wrong to enjoy watching an animal doing its thing.