Re: How do I get my B{ to eat live mice without stressing them out???
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Originally Posted by
Dante's_Girl
I'm new to owning BP's but I would defiantly try f/t. They're healthier too from what I can gather, and you never have to worry about bites or attacks from the mouse or rat. You should check out the thread on here with the picture of what happens when a snake gets attacked by a mouse. It's horrible and bp's are naturally so unaggressive they get very scared and very hurt.
As I stated above, that ONE picture is always shown as the reason not to feed live. Why is it that it's the only one that people ever show? If feeding live is that dangerous, there should be hundreds if not thousands of other similar pictures out there, but there aren't.
The history of that picture is that a live mouse or rat was left in with the snake for DAYS, with no food or water offered. That's not an example of a mouse or rat "attacking" a snake. That's an example of a starving animal eating what's available to it.
And it's most certainly mis-represented as an example of the dangers of feeding live. That's not a feeding live accident. That's a negligent owner accident.
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