Swallowing rat while rat is alive..

I wasn't going to post it because I didn't want to start the debate, but since it's started there's another good thread on the UK forums where someone emailed a higher up (Defras) and it was determined to be "not strictly illegal but there's a chance you could be charged under the animal welfare act under the right conditions." So, it's still a grey area, entirely open to interpretation, and probably taken on a case by case basis. Here's the link, because it too is an interesting read :)

https://www.reptileforums.co.uk/foru.../topics/815209

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

Omg really, why does everyone from the UK say it is then? LOL

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Because that is what animal right activists have manage to convince people off. :rolleyes: and like any good myth it gets perpetuated from one person to another and if you repeat it over and over on the internet than it must be true :rofl:

What the law in the UK boils down to is this this practice is currently legal so long as not practiced in a public place. Under the 1911 Act it is not illegal to feed a live vertebrate to another unless you cause it unnecessary suffering.

Now to come back on topic instead of trying to tell OP what HE should feed HIS animal, I will answer his question.

When they eat live literally it is something pretty rare with BP at least compared to colubrids, it usually occurs with young inexperienced animala or if the prey is too small making it hard or impossible to constrict. Nothing alarming they grow out of it.

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Originally Posted by Spoons

I wasn't going to post it because I didn't want to start the debate, but since it's started there's another good thread on the UK forums where someone emailed a higher up (Defras) and it was determined to be "not strictly illegal but there's a chance you could be charged under the animal welfare act under the right conditions." So, it's still a grey area, entirely open to interpretation, and probably taken on a case by case basis. Here's the link, because it too is an interesting read :)

https://www.reptileforums.co.uk/foru.../topics/815209

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I think I'd avoid filming any live feedings & posting them for others to see & misinterpret, as that seems to be the surest way to stir up a hornets nest.
Otherwise, done privately & sensibly for good reason, I doubt that such charges would ever happen or stick if they did?

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Because that is what animal right activists have manage to convince people off. :rolleyes: and like any good myth it gets perpetuated from one person to another and if you repeat it over and over on the internet than it must be true :rofl:....

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And if some of these activists could have their way, we'd not even be allowed to keep pets of any kind. We're dealing with extremists on this, not a majority opinion.