Re: Feeding live rats (somewhat gruesome story beware plz)
Interesting conversation, feral cats in my neighborhood get eaten by hungry coyotes every winter. The coyotes and foxes teach their young to hunt on the feral cat population here in the early summer.
I personally feed my bp's live and the rest are on FT. I have had larger messes from FT prey then any live so far.
As far as the baking soda mixture I know the main gas being let off is CO2 but is it that it? I don't know enough about it to know if there is any extra stuff being let off that could be worse then a simple tank of CO2 from a welding shop.
Re: Feeding live rats (somewhat gruesome story beware plz)
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SoCaliSon
Snakes are Predators...Not scavengers... When you choose to keep a predator as a pet, you have to suck it up and accept that this kind of thing will happen now and then. I am not going to get deep into the FT vs Live debate again... But I know that hunting and killing live prey is one of the main Instinctual behaviors that snakes have... but once again here we go changing the way they live, actually the way they hunt and eat, for our own convenience....I don't agree with it. ...they should be allowed to hunt and kill live prey.
Better not own a dog then, unless you plan on letting it hunt in a pack and take down deer or hunt rabbits. I hope you don't own fish unless you are feeding only live brine, bloodworms, mysis shrimp etc. I hope also that you don't own any birds as a lot of those you should be feeding live bugs to. :)
Re: Feeding live rats (somewhat gruesome story beware plz)
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spokism
And yes, i have no compassion for rats. they are dirty little creatures. also i live in nyc, and here rats are huge, dirty mean and they also carry the bubonic plauge. i just dont like them. and dont take that and twist it to say that i dont care about animals. its just rats.
I would also like to point out that them carrying the plague had nothing to do with us dumping our own poo and garbage out the window and us living in our own filth.
On a serious note, have you ever tried to keep a rat as a pet? Try it for a few months. It may change your opinion. Whats the worst that can happen? You get sick of it and feed it.
I don't mind people who feed frozen. I don't mind people who feed live. Do what you think is best for your animals. What I do not condone is people who like to watch ANY animal die just for fun. Watching your animal go about its natural behaviors and hunt can be fun, but taking pleasure in an animals suffering and death just for the sake of the suffering and death.....well...
thats not a far cry from the people who go out shooting snakes with a 22 is it?
