first live mouse

i feed both of my snakes live every week and have never had one little incedent ... but of coarse i watch my babies like a hawk on feeding day :) they even eat small rats with no incedents. i kind of help by sticking something in the rats mouth when it goes to bite, but most of the time they wedge it somewhere where it cant get to them, and i also watch to see if they are scratching my snakes. so in my opinion as long as you are a responsible pet owner and watch over them then feed what you will :)


edit---> CONGRATS on the first feeding of the live mouse!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Simplest_Mistake

I did say IMO...meaning no one had to argee with me.......

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I could not really figure out what part you were stating as opinion...alot of it sounded like you were stating facts. Making a "fact" type statement then saying 'in my opinion' is not the best way to go about things. So many things that have been stated as an 'opinion-facts' are just an opinion. These statements have no proof behind them, but are mistakenly considered fact by people that are not familiar with the topic. Some people mistake these opinions as facts....then they spread the false information...and....you get the end result. When someone makes a statement like the one you made, most people here like to jump at the chance to 'set the record staight'....please do not take it as insulting, attacking and such...we all just want to help out

I think that instead of saying that:

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Originally Posted by Simplest_Mistake

You shouldn't be feeding live mice Very bad for your snake.

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You should have said something more like this:
''Feeding live rodents can be harzardous to your snake if done improperly. Please make sure you are feeding live correctly. I have pictures to show how feeding live improperly can hurt the snake and I will gladly tell you how to feed live properly so that does not happen. If you can not feed your snake live rodents properly, may I suggest feeding p/k or f/t rodents''

I really doubt that anyone would ever have a problem with that statement :)

We are all here to help out.....

Yes, I guess I could have worded that a little better. I am going to stop fighting about this now. What it boils down to when feeding live/frozen/prekilled is what you think is best for you snake. I personally believe in f/t or p/k...and the other person is clearly a believer in live. Thats his choice, and those are his snakes. Just like my snakes are my snakes, and I would get really po'd if someone told me to feed them live. So...everyone lets stop fighting!

Yes I agree I shouldn't have said it like that...I am sorry. I have been thinking about how mad it would make me if someone told me to feed all my snakes live. Like I said...it is a personal opinion on how/what you feed your snakes.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Yes, we could go on and on about it, but we won't ... do what you must, you sound like you've got this ball python stuff all figured out ;) My only point was that you said ...



Who are you to tell people what they should and shouldn't feed their snakes?

And yes, it IS bad information to say that it's "very bad for your snake".

When you made that statement, you did not state it as opinion, you stated it as fact ... and it is false.

-adam

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Originally Posted by Simplest_Mistake

So...everyone lets stop fighting!

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ha ha....We dont fight....We have discussions :D

I think it's the passion in all of us for this species that sometimes makes posts come out too strongly worded but it's also that passion that pushes us all to want to do the very best for these lovely snakes.

Perhaps if we all took that extra moment to re-read our own posts from the point of view of...how would I like this post directed AT me rather than FROM me....remember folks the edit button is a good thing LOL.


~~Jo~~

P.S. Me being the voice of reason is generally accepted by scholars around the world as yet another sign of the coming apocolypse :neener:

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I think it's the passion in all of us for this species that sometimes makes posts come out too strongly worded ....

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ha ha.....thats why I always try to use my massive library of online facial expressions to let people know that I am not out to get them... :) and :D ...... 90% of communication is visual....so when you write online there is a lot of room for misunderstandings