Man feeds puppy to boa.. wait... what?

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Originally Posted by Grim91Z

As far as show casing the feeding, most have us have posted pictures and/or videos of feedings. So we really can't jump on him for that.

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Have you ever invited teenagers over to your home to watch you feed your snake a completely unconventional prey item? This seems a bit different than taking pics of your snake eating a mouse.

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

Arguement? You haven't been in many to tell the difference, have you?...


Let me ask you this...

All my animals are in perfect, tip top shape. They breed, lay healthy clutches, and feed regularly. Lets say I took a healthy puppy and fed it to one of my African Rocks. Does it make it right? I mean, both animals are healthy right? It's just like feeding a rat or rabbit, as you said....

Even done in other countries it could still effect us. Someone see's them feeding on a dog, or cat in another country. Pictures or video, what have you...they look at them as dangerous. It could spark more fear and interest to our hobby that were trying to avoid and steer clear of already. The general public fears our animals and hobby as is. Why enforce it?

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public opinion aside, if you honestly thought that what you were doing was the best possible thing for your snakes i think it would be unfair to judge you. animal husbandry is not an exact science and if you thought that this would lead to healthier animals then why not? but i also don't think you'd be advertising that if you were if you cared about your animals. I thought we weren't considering other countries because this happened here, that was you that said that. If we are then let's consider India, in some parts cows are sacred, and here we keep them in horrid conditions, slaughter them and eat them, what must people elsewhere think of us? like i said earlier it all has to do with personal/cultural morals.

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Originally Posted by darkangel

Have you ever invited teenagers over to your home to watch you feed your snake a completely unconventional prey item? This seems a bit different than taking pics of your snake eating a mouse.

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you make a great point.
but on that note, I'll belabor my point some more. i personally hate feeding pics. i enjoy my snakes feeding because it means they're healthy, but i have no interest in watching someone elses snake mangle a mouse. it's natural and i don't understand why that gives people such a rush. but im not about to condemn it, i'll even look at them and say oh nice snake, but i'll never post pics of my collection eating... some things interest some people, other things don't.

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Originally Posted by qiksilver

public opinion aside, if you honestly thought that what you were doing was the best possible thing for your snakes i think it would be unfair to judge you. animal husbandry is not an exact science and if you thought that this would lead to healthier animals then why not? but i also don't think you'd be advertising that if you were if you cared about your animals. I thought we weren't considering other countries because this happened here, that was you that said that. If we are then let's consider India, in some parts cows are sacred, and here we keep them in horrid conditions, slaughter them and eat them, what must people elsewhere think of us? like i said earlier it all has to do with personal/cultural morals.

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Weren't you the one who kept bringing up other countries/cultures even after it was put down more than once, pup? Your right, animal husbandry isn't an exact science, but we have done wonders so far for most species. Those species have, for the most part, been fed lab raised or feeder specialist rodents and small mammals....not dogs...

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Originally Posted by qiksilver

public opinion aside, if you honestly thought that what you were doing was the best possible thing for your snakes i think it would be unfair to judge you.

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all bs aside...


Do you honestly believe that his guy was doing the best possible thing for his snake?

I am judging him based on that.

Im not jumping on any bandwagon. I guess im just confused is all...Do you think feeding a puppy to a snake in THIS case is cruel?

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Originally Posted by qiksilver

*holy crap, lets all jump on the bandwagon, i don't condone cruelty and never said i did

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Originally Posted by qiksilver

you make a great point.
but on that note, I'll belabor my point some more. i personally hate feeding pics. i enjoy my snakes feeding because it means they're healthy, but i have no interest in watching someone elses snake mangle a mouse. it's natural and i don't understand why that gives people such a rush. but im not about to condemn it, i'll even look at them and say oh nice snake, but i'll never post pics of my collection eating... some things interest some people, other things don't.

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Personally I do enjoy watching or taking pictures of my snakes eating. But everytime I also can't help but feel some sense of compassion for the animal that is dying. I enjoy the pictures because I think they're incredible, efficient hunters and with the manufactured crap we feed our other pets, it's a rare moment to actually get to see a functional predator/prey relationship in action.

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Originally Posted by darkangel

Personally I do enjoy watching or taking pictures of my snakes eating. But everytime I also can't help but feel some sense of compassion for the animal that is dying. I enjoy the pictures because I think they're incredible, efficient hunters and with the manufactured crap we feed our other pets, it's a rare moment to actually get to see a functional predator/prey relationship in action.

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Dang...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to darkangel again.

The article just reeks of tabloid-type sensationalism to me. It is yet another kibble of feed to help the Snakes Are Evil Mindset. :( Instead of quibbling over the rights to feed any animal to any other animal or not, we should just remember the real reason for this article; to sell newspapers and shock the public.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

The article just reeks of tabloid-type sensationalism to me. It is yet another kibble of feed to help the Snakes Are Evil Mindset. :( Instead of quibbling over the rights to feed any animal to any other animal or not, we should just remember the real reason for this article; to sell newspapers and shock the public.

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Absolutely right, like the media really cares about the well being of the pup or Boa.