They save them...

LOL I love these type of threads...

I ran in to a lady at the feeder store last week. She was like "oh thats sweet your going to have a whole little mouse village." I was like "no its more like my snakes will have dinner in bed"..she was very bluntly like "oh....snakes"...I love it.... :D

I'm with Judy on this - I don't get the big deal about it either. So what that she saves rats. Good for her - if it makes her feel better and that she makes a difference!

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Originally Posted by JLC

This popped up while I was still typing. I think this sort of thing is entirely different from a lady buying rats so they don't get eaten by snakes. The snakes don't get hurt in this scenario...they just eat a different rat.

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While I agree that they can just 'eat another rat'....it is people with that sort of "save the animals" opinion that lead to legislation similar to that in California, where it is not allowed to sell rodents that are not weaned from their mothers.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/05-06/bil...introduced.pdf

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I'm with Judy on this - I don't get the big deal about it either. So what that she saves rats. Good for her - if it makes her feel better and that she makes a difference!

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True... I wish more people were as passionate about the well being of animals. Our hobby would be better excepted if this was true. To roughly quote Jeff Foxworthy; "Its not that we're stupid its just that when something happens we can't keep the most ignorant among us off the T.V or out of the paper." How many times have we seen "officer threatened with snake" or "snake attacks 2 year old". If we were to see "50 educated on reptiles and many minds were changed at local library this weekend" or "Reptile keepers among the most caring of any pet owners show recent poll" insteed, peoples perception of us and our hobby would turn a 180.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

.... To roughly quote Jeff Foxworthy; "Its not that we're stupid its just that when something happens we can't keep the most ignorant among us off the T.V or out of the paper." How many times have we seen "officer threatened with snake" or "snake attacks 2 year old". If we were to see "50 educated on reptiles and many minds were changed at local library this weekend" or "Reptile keepers among the most caring of any pet owners show recent poll" insteed, peoples perception of us and our hobby would turn a 180.

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True....but this is the unfortunate case with every facet of our lives these days. All we hear about in the news and other media is the sensational, negative drama about any topic...never the overwhelming good that is the other side of the story.

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Originally Posted by JLC

True....but this is the unfortunate case with every facet of our lives these days. All we hear about in the news and other media is the sensational, negative drama about any topic...never the overwhelming good that is the other side of the story.

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People in this day and age thrive on carnage. "Rubber-necking" is our favorite highway past time. The action movies are the block busters. And yet publicly we despise violence but pay to see it in the box office or slow down to catch a peek of the real thing on the road. We have fed the beast (media) and taught it over the years what pleases us and so it delivers.

Look I'm fine with the woman buying some rats as pets. Thats all well and good, and I'm sure I'll have pet rats in the future. Its the attitude that they are 'saving' them from getting eaten by snakes that bothers me. People need to understand that carnivours must eat, end of story. I'm all for rescuing animals, but rescuing feeder rats? I'd like to see what goes into her dog food and how much those animals suffer to provide cats and dogs with food.

I didn't mean for this to become a debate. It was merely to be a discussion. I wasn't making a big deal about it but yes it annoys me and I thought it was interesting enough to share.

I'll add to the funny but mean comments although I probably would have said nothing in the same situation.

I think you should have replied to her saying that you rescue starving snakes...you know from people that deprive them of food.

Hahaha, I'll remember that the next time I see someone 'rescuing' feeder animals.

I'm all for rescuing animals as I said, but I think she could have said instead of "I rescue them from people who feed them to snakes.", since she was in a store that sells reptiles, "I give them good homes."

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

While I agree that they can just 'eat another rat'....it is people with that sort of "save the animals" opinion that lead to legislation similar to that in California, where it is not allowed to sell rodents that are not weaned from their mothers.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/05-06/bil...introduced.pdf

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Excellent point....ones ideas/beliefs are often seen only as a personal thing.....however, they also usually drive real world actions and behavior.

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Originally Posted by TekWarren

I think you should have replied to her saying that you rescue starving snakes...you know from people that deprive them of food.

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Very Witty!