Humanity

they hardest part is when the snake strikes and misses... multiple times, then the mouse knows what's going on and the start doing the nervous/scared tail shake. I always feel bad, but most of my snakes are on f/t anyway, it's just sometimes the Candoia need a bit of a kickstart.

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Originally Posted by GirDance

Well, the way that I came to terms with this is by reminding myself of the following:

If you keep the feeders comfortable and well fed before offering them, they're getting a better quality of life than they would in the wild for the short time they live... They don't really get to know suffering.

In the wild the same thing would happen - it's the natural order and who are we to violate it. The snake needs it for survival... We don't often feel bad when we eat a steak or a hamburger, but that's because we don't need to see the animal being killed. Feeding our snakes is a humbling experience, it forces us to recognize the brutality of nature, but it's just that - nature.

Another thing that seems to help is not playing with the feeders and naming them... That's going to be my issue for sure!

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Excellent post! Pretty much covers how I feel about the whole live feeding issue.

Well that's one thing I'm glad about, my BP strikes and catches first try every time and usually kills them quickly.

On a happy note, after a year of owning him, I decided to up him to two mice a week and he took both of them happily and quickly!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Excellent post! Pretty much covers how I feel about the whole live feeding issue.

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Thanks Jo, I've had a lot of time to consider that one!