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Post by sunchaser on Mar 28, 2004 4:48:46 GMT -4
Y'know, in some pet stores, as all of you might know, feed their snakes mice. I saw a cruel exhibition in PetLand(dubai) where some stupid idiot of a guy was holding a mouse by the tail, it was squealing in distress, to feed to the snake and show off.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 28, 2004 7:10:48 GMT -4
I hope you did more than just stand there during this "cruel exhibition". That kind of crap goes on when people remain silent.
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Post by mishimouse on Apr 1, 2004 0:26:26 GMT -4
It isn't even advised to feed live to any snakes! I have heard stories of mice and other rodents put in a cage with a snake because the animal is supposed to be a feeder... then, the mouse or whatever rodent is in the cage doesn't become food for the snake... the snake becomes food for the mouse!
It's a cruel world out there for mice, that's for sure...
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Post by calvinator1 on Apr 1, 2004 12:04:20 GMT -4
My nephew has a rat snake but he's never fed it anything live. He was advised against doing that. Plus, he used to have a pair of gerbils, so he has a fondness for rodents.
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Post by cognac on Apr 1, 2004 14:51:51 GMT -4
Unfortuntly though there are some snakes (I could even venture a percentage guess) that will not eat dead food. I like snakes but I also like both fish and rodents a lot also, I couldn't own one. Snakes aren't domesticated, they will have problems with eating dead food, if you can raise then from "snaklings" to eat dead creatures then there shouldn't be too much of a probem. I disagree with torturing of an animal for pleasure, or for any reason. Predators normally make the kill quick; whether it be going for the jugular or breaking the spine high up, or in a few species cases venom (in snakes stranglation).
Cognac
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Post by cognac on Apr 1, 2004 14:54:25 GMT -4
A good reason not to feed snakes feeders is the fact of how inbred and overbred those mice happen to be more so than "fancy" mice. You are feeding the snake low quality food also. I would say the only way to feed a snake live mice (it refuses dead mice) is to have your own breeding operation, get your mice from a reputable breeder, then go from there.
Cognac
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