How do you feel when feeding mice, rats, etc.?

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

Ive seen so many horrible things in my short life that feeding off a mouse or rat is almost soothing compared.

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What he said.

I don't regret feeding my snakes live or f/t. I love my snakes and that's what they eat. I think the feeding process is exciting but it is not something that I neccessarily "enjoy." I've breed a couple of litters of rats and they are super cute for the first few weeks but when it comes down to it a snakes gotta eat, so maybe I don't care for them at all but I'm trying to make myself think I do?

Whenever I used to feed live, I would be hawk-eyeing the rodent so it doesn't do anything that will harm the snake. I do feel sad that they have to die, but I can't just stop feeding rodents to snakes, its how they are, Although I do feed frozen-thawed.

Doesn't bother me a bit. It's a furry little steak for my scaly child.

sometimes i see a nice rat in my colony......watch it grow, get a little attached.....then when it's time to feed....yeah sometimes my feelings get hurt, i start to cry..........then i look back at all the racks i have to clean.........and then i smile ;););)

Pitoon

Rats can be cute. Snakes have to eat. I do my best remain detached.But every once in a while I really do feel sorry for the rat especially when they are just pups or weaned.:(

Honestly if you don't feel any kind of remorse I think there is something wrong in your brain. I breed my own as well, and I always feel bad when its time to feed. It is what it is though. Its nature, and that the food chain for you. People who can just feed them off without having any kind of "feel bad" feeling are people who IMO need help. All I'm saying is being that you are the one introducing the animal to its demise, the least you can do is care a little...I'm somewhat spiritual and I personally say a little something(in my head) when its time to feed. I just like to give thanks, kind of like grace but for my snake food.

Well, I can see a baby calf and say "Aw, how cute!" and then drive into McDonald's for a hamburger. I've had rats as pets so I do know what it's like to love one of these animals. However, it's food for crying out loud. There is a difference. I think pigs are adorable also but man I love me some bacon! I think it's all in your mentality.

Yep, don't care at all. That's why my rats have the best food, cleanest cages and water I can give, plenty of space to roam and things to do, and a lot of personal attention.

I don't feel bad when *I* eat meat, either.

Feeding F/T doesn't bother me at all.

Some of my little guys I had to start off with live mice, and I do kind of feel just a tiny bit of guilt, but it always disappears in the rush of joy when my baby is eating good.

The one I had the most trouble with was feeding a live fuzzy rat. That one hurt I will admit it. If it wasn't to the point of my stubborn snake starving or the rat, I would never have done it. But I did and I survived, even if I did sniffle a little for a while.

I was worried about my daughter dealing with my feeding rats, since she has a pet rat, but she told me, as long as it wasn't her Remmy, she didn't care. So we have a shipment on the way from RodentPro, and I know my big guys will enjoy them.

Gale