Deformed ball python

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

While I agree with everyone on here that the snake would probably be best off if it were put down....

Is it morally okay to take an animal, promising to give it a good home when you fully intend to kill it?

Although we think we know what's best for the animal, it's not our call to make right now. It's someone else's pet and they(supposedly) have been caring for it for some time and are making an effort to find someone else to care for it. They are not looking for someone to kill it.

Not that it's not "the right thing to do" to euthanize any animal for quality of life issues... but really, we could extend that to some of the PETA folks who would happily "adopt" free pets from any of us and put them down because "wild animals cannot be happy in captivity".

Just my $0.02.

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I don't think anyone said they were going to do that? :confusd: The OP said they were going to try to convince the people with the snake to euthanize it.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

While I agree with everyone on here that the snake would probably be best off if it were put down....

Is it morally okay to take an animal, promising to give it a good home when you fully intend to kill it?

Although we think we know what's best for the animal, it's not our call to make right now. It's someone else's pet and they(supposedly) have been caring for it for some time and are making an effort to find someone else to care for it. They are not looking for someone to kill it.

Not that it's not "the right thing to do" to euthanize any animal for quality of life issues... but really, we could extend that to some of the PETA folks who would happily "adopt" free pets from any of us and put them down because "wild animals cannot be happy in captivity".

Just my $0.02.

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I didn't say I would give it a good home or care for it or anything like that. They still haven't replied, maybe they're a forum member... I would be honest about it if they replied to me, I was asking more about the situation.

They found another home for him I guess. Thanks anyway guys.

I can actually put a REAL .02 into this, as I have experienced this (almost) exact situation. We had to recently put down our little bee Nadia, because of the very thing you describe. If you want the details, just search the threads about her(Nadia)...I made a few. In a nutshell, we put her down because it was the right thing to do for everyone....mostly her. It took me and my husband a long time... months and months of trying everything, never giving up, doing everything we could to keep her alive...to realize that she had NO quality if life. In addition, it took the "eyes" of soo many others to help us see what was the right choice in the end. Its VERY,VERY hard to let go of a pet. And sometimes when we hold on soo strong, it takes the assistance of others to help us "see" what we are not confronting. You should tell that person, in a kind and supporting way, that HUMANE euthanasia really is the best for that animal. Direct them to this forum. Or even me. And if they seem, or even blatantly comment they don't care about the animal and just want to see it gone, THEN step in and take the animal to be humanely euthanized. That's fair, imo. Good luck to you...and the poor snake.

I understand that it's the opinions of most in this thread(and my own opinion as well) that the snake would be better off humanely euthanized.

I'm also aware that the OP did not explicitly say they would "adopt" the snake then euthanize it. But many in the thread were saying that would be right, or implying they would do that in similar circumstance.

And PETA thinks that the animal held as a pet is "suffering" because it's in captivity. It is a valid comparison. The snake may not mind the tube feeding much, they can get used to things. Or it could be in great distress every single time it's handled because of the tube feeding sessions. We think it is "probably" suffering and it would be better off dead.

But lying to someone to take a pet and kill it because in your opinion the pet is better off humanely euthanized is immoral, no matter how valid you feel your opinion is. It's wrong when PETA does it to perfectly healthy animals and in my opinion, it's wrong if you take someone's puppy who needs a special diet and euthanize it and again, in my opinion, it's wrong to take a snake saying you're giving it a good home while fully intending to kill it.

Best for the snake? I'm 99% certain it would be. But that still doesn't make it a Right act to do.