Putting Ball Pythons on a vegan diet

Has anyone seen this? Someone is asking about putting their BP on a vegan diet so it can attain a higher level of consciousness.

Hippies.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2200944AAwsKhP

I think it might have been posted a joke, or to get a reaction. Besides, hippies are too stoned to do ANYTHING, let alone make up such a story to post on yahoo.

First, this person is obviously stupid and will do great harm to their animal if they try this.

Second, I take offense to your comment "Hippies." Not all vegans are hippies and not all vegans want to put their ball pythons on a vegan diet. I happen to be a vegetarian slowly transitioning to vegan and I would never even consider putting ANY of my animals on a vegan diet. This person obviously does not care about their animal's wellbeing and hopefully they find the snake a new home before they kill it.

Oh man, I love idiots sometimes. They really make my day. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Some worthy replies they got:

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Vegan diet huh?

Well first find yourself a vegan. Hit them over the head (to knock them out) Stick them in the cage with the snake.

Since the vegan won’t kill the snake(bad juju you know), your snake should be safe. The snake will start to get hungry and eventually eat the vegan.

Problem solved, snake is on a vegan diet.

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No problem. Take a chunk of tofu and cut it into the shape of a mouse. Add a noodle for a tail, two chickpeas for ears and a couple of capers for eyes. Stick on some parsley for whiskers and you're all done. Then tie a string onto your "mouse" and drop it into the cage. You may find you get the best results pulling on the string to make it hop around the cage while making some squeaking noises. Once your snake starts to swallow his meal it'll be too late and he'll have to eat it.

When you're done, be sure to take a Dinner Pic. And don't forget the stapler!!

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Omg Icy those quotes are freaking hilarious. lol.

This topic's maturity severely bothers me.

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Originally Posted by p0ink

Has anyone seen this? Someone is asking about putting their BP on a vegan diet so it can attain a higher level of consciousness.

Hippies.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2200944AAwsKhP

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'Hippies'?
Uhm, excuse me?
I find that very stereotypical and rude. You are implying that all vegans are 'hippies' which is completely false. I'm a vegetarian and I would never attempt to feed a carnivorous animal a vegan diet.

I would be considered a hippie under certain standards, and I don't appreciate your comment.

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Originally Posted by whitewolf

I think it might have been posted a joke, or to get a reaction. Besides, hippies are too stoned to do ANYTHING, let alone make up such a story to post on yahoo.

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Yes, the person is clearly idiotic, and has a very 'PETA' oriented mindset. But some of the commenters were wrong as well. Of course we all know how people often react to yahoo, but one even refers to feeding kittens to his snake.
Does that make him any better than the person trying to feed a vegan diet to her snake?

Also, your comment is as well very stereotypical and incorrect. I hate drugs. I am very much against drugs, drinking, and smoking. Yet, I enjoy tie-dye, hemp jewelry, art and nature, and am often seen strolling down downtown with my friends. Are they groupies? Are we stoners? No. In fact, I can't tell you how many people assume that we are druggies when in fact, we dislike drugs.
Then again, I'm also seen wearing tripp pants with chains and thigh high colorful stockings often, so now what will you stereotype me as?

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

First, this person is obviously stupid and will do great harm to their animal if they try this.

Second, I take offense to your comment "Hippies." Not all vegans are hippies and not all vegans want to put their ball pythons on a vegan diet. I happen to be a vegetarian slowly transitioning to vegan and I would never even consider putting ANY of my animals on a vegan diet. This person obviously does not care about their animal's wellbeing and hopefully they find the snake a new home before they kill it.

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I highly agree. I am similar, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to be a complete vegan.. I'm going to try though.
I enjoy being a vegetarian, am and satisfied with that. I'm not trying to change the world, I'm just making a personal statement. :gj:

I posted .... LOL


and I have no problem with Hippies..... ;)

No offence, but to everyone getting upset that he used the word "Hippies"...

Your defenses are "I'm a vegetarian/vegan and I wouldn't try to feed my snake a vegetarian/vegan diet." POink was obviously speaking about someone who WOULD do that, and therefor is not implying that all vegetarian/vegans are hippies or that all of them would try something this stupid. Don't be so quick to be defensive.

Only 1.5% of the people on this site are old enough to be a hippie.

My God...some of you need to chill out a bit. You get all worked up over a reference to hippies? Uh, Ok...

And whether you like it or not, vegans are already considered a 'fringe group' in our society...and a lot of people who are 'members' of this said group tend to fall under such extremist categories.

Sure..not all of them, but some; if the shoe does not fit, just disregard it, rather than droning on and on about how something 'offends' you, as if you had some sort of 'right' not to be offended.

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

Only 1.5% of the people on this site are old enough to be a hippie.

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Oooo oooo; me Dale!!! I'm old enough....and loving it!!!! :D

O..M...G.... wtf!!! That person is the biggest moron in the world! Have people just forgotten what nature is all about? This seriously made me so mad.... People that stupid..... It would be better for the snake to chop that guy up and feed human bits than to feed it veggies. .. Someone was obviously hit in the head with a hammer when they were 2.

hey. i take offense to that. thats very rude of you to make fun of, or judge someone who was hit in the head when they were 2. I was hit in the head with a hammer when i was 2, and i would NEVER feed my snake veggie's.

I was too... well I was hit in the head when i was four but you get the general concept:D

lol you know i was just kidding right?

HAHA yeah so was I... or was I? >_>....<_<... >_<.... :peace::love::snake:

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Originally Posted by starmom

Oooo oooo; me Dale!!! I'm old enough....and loving it!!!! :D

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McKinsey, It certainly has it's good points but we wouldn't be able have Abbie Hoffman's trust anymore. Just yesterday I was angrily being called a hippie and suddenly today I am being angrily called an old guy that is keeping people down. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

McKinsey, It certainly has it's good points but we wouldn't be able have Abbie Hoffman's trust anymore. Just yesterday I was angrily being called a hippie and suddenly today I am being angrily called an old guy that is keeping people down. :rofl:

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Don't worry about it Dale. You and I (and a few others around here) are just in that stage somewhere between too old to be cool anymore and too young to be considered aged and wise quite yet. It's sort of like the awkward teenage years minus the pimples. :D

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Don't worry about it Dale. You and I (and a few others around here) are just in that stage somewhere between too old to be cool anymore and too young to be considered aged and wise quite yet. It's sort of like the awkward teenage years minus the pimples. :D

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Now, that's an apt description.

That has got to be a fake post, check the bottom where it has the Obama plug. And on the topics of Vegans...it's unnatural not to eat meat, and I don't give a crap what anyone says, it isn't healthy.

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

McKinsey, It certainly has it's good points but we wouldn't be able have Abbie Hoffman's trust anymore... :rofl:

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Speak for yourself Dale! :rofl::P

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

First, this person is obviously stupid and will do great harm to their animal if they try this.

Second, I take offense to your comment "Hippies." Not all vegans are hippies and not all vegans want to put their ball pythons on a vegan diet. I happen to be a vegetarian slowly transitioning to vegan and I would never even consider putting ANY of my animals on a vegan diet. This person obviously does not care about their animal's wellbeing and hopefully they find the snake a new home before they kill it.

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I take offense at your offense towards being associated with hippies. What'd they ever do to you? ;)

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Originally Posted by AaronP

That has got to be a fake post, check the bottom where it has the Obama plug. And on the topics of Vegans...it's unnatural not to eat meat, and I don't give a crap what anyone says, it isn't healthy.

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It's unnatural for people to be breeding snakes too, as well as keeping them in captivity. Unnatural is not necessarily bad. ;)

Tell me now, what about meat makes it unhealthy with lack thereof? I've been much healthier since I've gone on a vegetarian diet. Every single nutritional benefit that you receive from meat can be received from many different vegetables and supplements. Without all the fatty extras and hormones that people don't need.

Is it just me or has this post gone into the realm of Uber-silly?

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

Is it just me or has this post gone into the realm of Uber-silly?

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Oh, it has. :P

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

It's unnatural for people to be breeding snakes too, as well as keeping them in captivity. Unnatural is not necessarily bad. ;)

Tell me now, what about meat makes it unhealthy with lack thereof? I've been much healthier since I've gone on a vegetarian diet. Every single nutritional benefit that you receive from meat can be received from many different vegetables and supplements. Without all the fatty extras and hormones that people don't need.

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You're not healthier because you're not eating meat, you're healthier because you're not eating meats that aren't good for you in the first place. Don't want all the "hormones" eat "organic" meats. I'm not exactly a very healthy person, but that's because I make poor dietary choices and trust me if I stopped eating meat now, it wouldn't make a positive difference in my health. I don't see the point in being vegetarian or a vegan. Too much trouble for no real pay off if you ask me. I'd rather be a omnivore and pay attention to what goes into my stomach than limit myself to anything that doesn't contain anything made from animals.

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Originally Posted by AaronP

You're not healthier because you're not eating meat, you're healthier because you're not eating meats that aren't good for you in the first place. Don't want all the "hormones" eat "organic" meats. I'm not exactly a very healthy person, but that's because I make poor dietary choices and trust me if I stopped eating meat now, it wouldn't make a positive difference in my health. I don't see the point in being vegetarian or a vegan. Too much trouble for no real pay off if you ask me. I'd rather be a omnivore and pay attention to what goes into my stomach than limit myself to anything that doesn't contain anything made from animals.

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I'm a very specific eater, and I've always eaten healthy foods, even meat wise.
You still didn't answer my question however. What about me not eating meat makes me unhealthy exactly?
Also, organics can have hormones as well, hormones are an 'organic' thing which would be legally allowed under an organic label.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I'm a very specific eater, and I've always eaten healthy foods, even meat wise.
You still didn't answer my question however. What about me not eating meat makes me unhealthy exactly?
Also, organics can have hormones as well, hormones are an 'organic' thing which would be legally allowed under an organic label.

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I didn't say it makes you unhealthy, I personally believe it is unhealthy. Seriously if "god" intended us not to eat meat, we wouldn't have multi-purpose teeth. When was the last time you had to take a steak knife to a salad?

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Originally Posted by AaronP

I didn't say it makes you unhealthy, I personally believe it is unhealthy. Seriously if "god" intended us not to eat meat, we wouldn't have multi-purpose teeth. When was the last time you had to take a steak knife to a salad?

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Our digestive systems are meant to have a staple diet of vegetables with little meat. If you want me to go into details I shall.

I don't really understand why you think it's unhealthy because of what you believe. I don't think "god" intended anything, and that most of our set-up has been built over time depending on what we had available in the past.
Sorry, I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just in a real devils advocate mood. :oops:

Slap some BBQ ribs on the grill and Fire that baby up!!!

I prefer Venison personally, and try to eat it more often ( real local venison, not the store bought junk) than beef * i think it tastes better too*. I know that the meat from that deer wandered freely and happily until its final moments in life. that it did not live in a box, and fed hormones or certain grains to make it grow faster. :gj:

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Originally Posted by mooingtricycle

Slap some BBQ ribs on the grill and Fire that baby up!!!

I prefer Venison personally, and try to eat it more often ( real local venison, not the store bought junk) than beef * i think it tastes better too*. I know that the meat from that deer wandered freely and happily until its final moments in life. that it did not live in a box, and fed hormones or certain grains to make it grow faster. :gj:

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If I had the capability, (which I have in the past), I would have zero problems with hunting unless it was done wrong.
I would eat an animal if I met it first and it lived a healthy, full, and well-enjoyable life, or if I hunted it.
That's my personal statement. :]

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

would eat an animal if I met it first and it lived a healthy, full, and well-enjoyable life, or if I hunted it.

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The problem is most animals are defined as having no sense of happy/sad love/hate. So what do you do with an animal that has no such feelings? (Snakes are an amazing example) By the way it is believed that brain development in previous 'species' that lead up to man owe that development to the intake of more meat. (If you believe in evolution that is)

Some people shouldn't be aloud to breed! I don't agree with people being vegitarians or veganslet alone an animal...

There are two types of vegans, the ones who do it for the moral issues (I don't deny that modern animal processing is pretty gnarly, and should be improved), and the ones that do it for the "health" reasons.

Your body needs a complete chain of amino acids to regerate its cells. Without these amino acids, your cells can't reproduce properly and eventually, you die. Its just a fact, I apologize that this is so.

Saying that eating meat is unhealthy is just as wrong as saying that refusing to eat animal products is unhealthy. There are ways to go about both dietary practices and be completely healthy, and it just displays the ignorance on both sides of the argument when it keeps coming up over and over again. However, the level of inconvenience that a lot of vegans experience day to day is a lifestyle choice that each individual can choose for themselves, but not to tear vegans off of any high horses, they are absolutely not any healthier than a person who makes good dietary choices that includes animal protein.

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Originally Posted by AaronP

The problem is most animals are defined as having no sense of happy/sad love/hate. So what do you do with an animal that has no such feelings? (Snakes are an amazing example) By the way it is believed that brain development in previous 'species' that lead up to man owe that development to the intake of more meat. (If you believe in evolution that is)

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Animals have a nervous system, I don't care if they don't feel human emotions, they feel pain and that is reason enough for me not to want to eat meat - I will leave it at that, I do not have to defend my moral positions.

I'm glad you think I'm unnatural :)

EDIT: And I do want to add that I feed all of my omnivorous/carnivorous pets all the meat/meat products they want. I would never deny an animal what they need to survive.

I've been vegan for 10 years and I feed maybe 20 rats a week to my ball pythons, I dont see any problem with that.

I would like to think it is a joke, but there are some truly nutty people out there.

A couple of years ago a vegan couple around here put their newborn infant on a vegan diet (apple juice and soy milk). That idea did not work out so well, the infant died after a few months and both parents are now in prison.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

LMAO @ moronic hippies.

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Originally Posted by edie

I'm glad you think I'm unnatural :)

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To be frank I could give a rat's ass about what you do with your life. As long as it isn't effecting my life in a negative way, you can do whatever the hell you want.

[I'm a gay rights activist after all...and I am straight]

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Originally Posted by AaronP

To be frank I could give a rat's ass about what you do with your life. As long as it isn't effecting my life in a negative way, you can do whatever the hell you want.

[I'm a gay rights activist after all...and I am straight]

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Am I supposed to be impressed? Lol

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Originally Posted by Sonya610

I would like to think it is a joke, but there are some truly nutty people out there.

A couple of years ago a vegan couple around here put their newborn infant on a vegan diet (apple juice and soy milk). That idea did not work out so well, the infant died after a few months and both parents are now in prison.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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Hey that exact scenario was on House! Damn and I thought that show was original :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by icygirl

Hey that exact scenario was on House! Damn and I thought that show was original :rolleyes:

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Thats what I was thinking! Except their baby was sick from something else, I just can't remember what, that show gets confusing

That post is rediculous... I can't take it serious.

As far as the side debate that is going on... Why do people care how someone else decides to eat? It is their body, they can put in it what they like... The sad part is not what they have decided, but that so many people make a big deal out of their decision. And that works both ways. Have an educated, civil discussion on the topic, to share your ideals and beliefs with the community. Don't do it by insulting a group of people or becoming derogatory, people are born free. A song I wrote years ago states "Other peoples views, Are not your's to choose, So your pointing fingers really is no use...". Is this thread turning into a Futile attempt to prove who is right "Vegan or Meat eaters"? Pretty sad if it is... just enjoy the fact that everyone here has the right to eat what they like, and learn to respect that they have the right to decide just like you do.

And what does it say about our society when we use the term that decribes the group of people that preach "Peace, Love, and an Open Mind", as a derogatory insult. Why do so many people hate on Hippies?

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Originally Posted by edie

Thats what I was thinking! Except their baby was sick from something else, I just can't remember what, that show gets confusing

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They didn't get the baby vaccinated. XD I watch that show too much!

This post is dissappointing. Both sides .. srsly.

come on.

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Originally Posted by icygirl

Hey that exact scenario was on House! Damn and I thought that show was original :rolleyes:

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I never saw that episode, but I know I have seen a couple of other House episodes that were obviously based in part on real life stories.

The real couple was afraid of hospitals, gave birth in a bathtub, and their kid never saw a doctor until the end (so the House story may have been pretty accurate).

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1768368.ece

You know, the sensitivity of people these days makes me want to kill myself by getting my eyes pecked out slowly by a spice finch. Why do people get so offended by anything these days? Ho Ho Ho is bad now. Omg, don't call me a hippie. Oh please don't play xmas music, oh why aren't you playing xmas music? Don't allow smokers, why don't you allow smokers? I am offended by your reptile, I am offended that you don't like reptiles. You eat meat and that offends me, you don't eat meat and that offends me. The human race just makes me laugh.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

This topic's maturity severely bothers me.

Also, your comment is as well very stereotypical and incorrect.

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Actually....I am correct in my definition of a hippie since hippie itself is a broad term and can have different meanings. here is the definition if you want to get specific:

"....a person, esp. of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc. "

...therefore, I am not wrong, and neither are you. We just have different inrepretations of the word "hippie". Just because someone else has a different opinion than you, it doesn't make them wrong.

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You know, the sensitivity of people these days makes me want to kill myself by getting my eyes pecked out slowly by a spice finch. Why do people get so offended by anything these days?

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haha I'm guilty of being sensitive, but I won't take something not personally directed at me personally, so I guess I'm not that sensitive.

I love meat
I love veggies
I love the show house
I love hippies
and I really love spice finches....
and I really cannot be offended, by anyone, ever.

As stupid as that person was, the insults with the whole "hippie" and "too stoned" comments are non sense.
First, not all vegans are hippies. In fact, I don't remember the last time the two were in any way related.
Second, not all potheads are idiots just the same as not all potheads/hippies/vegans want to put their animals on a vegan diet.

As someone who has the lyrics to 'Imagine' tattooed, I really don't give a hoot if you call me a hippie. In fact, thank you. But I'm in no way stupid enough to stop feeding my snake rats and mice just because some idiot on yahoo questions thought it would be a smart idea.

Bite your tongue.