Live prey vs......

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Originally Posted by mr~python

do you mean entertaining as in the snake exibiting its natural instincts, entertaining. please tell me thats what it is.

its illegal either way and a law abiding citizen should be honest enough to not disobey the law no matter how ridiculous the laws may be.

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i think he just likes watching animals suffer.
regarding the law, you are right, and just because they wont find out about it doesnt make it right either.

Rmune, is that how you determine whether you will follow a law? whether or not you are going to get caught?

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Originally Posted by Slithers

i think he just likes watching animals suffer.

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now, i dont think its fair to make that assumption yet. i also think its very interesting how my snakes hunt, kill, and swallow there prey, but i dont think its interesting that the mouse is being constricted to death.;)

rmune could just think the snake exibiting its natural hunting insticts is interesting to watch, which i think its safe to say many of us do, right?:confuzd:

I agree Marshall....

I would argue that snakes are incredibly efficient killers and any suffering on the part of the rodent is minimized by the snake- not intentional, but as a result of millions of years of evolution. Predators have to kill, to end another animal's life, to survive. If you haven't come to terms with this aspect of nature and reality, then you probably should reconsider taking the responsibility of keeping a predatory animal as a pet.

I feed live, and do I get any pleasure out of seeing the rats die? Of course not. I do, however, appreciate and respect it for what it is.

I feed F/T but in the few occasions that I fed live I must admit that watching a predator/prey relationship in your own how is quite amazing. It gave me a new respect for my snake, their patience, timing, and speed is amazing.

I would certainly abide by the rules and laws, god forbid someone found out you would risk losing your entire collection, not worth it to me.

The only thing I dislike about feeding live is my paranoia that the rat could sneak in a bite and my snake could lose an eye before i knew it.

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

The only thing I dislike about feeding live is my paranoia that the rat could sneak in a bite and my snake could lose an eye before i knew it.

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Don't lose too much sleep over that...very rarely do they get a chance to bite, and when they do, they rarely inflict much, if any, damage to the snake anyway. Their scales definitely do their job in protecting them from incidental rodent bites during contriction. Nature designed them that way. ;)

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Don't lose too much sleep over that...very rarely do they get a chance to bite, and when they do, they rarely inflict much, if any, damage to the snake anyway. Their scales definitely do their job in protecting them from incidental rodent bites during contriction. Nature designed them that way. ;)

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Yea my paranoia is limited to just an eye loss scenario lol I know the rest of their bodies are well armored.

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

Yea my paranoia is limited to just an eye loss scenario lol I know the rest of their bodies are well armored.

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That's my concern too, I've seen a number of snakes that have lost eyes to rodent bites! Good point.

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Originally Posted by Sputnik

That's my concern too, I've seen a number of snakes that have lost eyes to rodent bites! Good point.

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I mean I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world since they're vision isn't the greatest to begin with, but I can only assume it would make things more stressful to not have that little bit of vision anymore.

Since my snakes 1st shed i noticed his scales feel more "loose" you know what i mean?
is that ok? .... (i'm a lil over protective of him)

i prefer giving them live food. i like the feeling of knowing that my bp is still keeping his natural instinct. snakes have been worship'd as gods and demons for centuries. its good to keep that image of their fierce and cunning skills. but yet the fact of knowing that i have such a reptile in my possesion is a great feeling. i named my bp Apep. snake god of the demon underworld, viewed by the egyptions as a man with a snakes head.