Am I the only one...

[Wizard]

...that feels a little sad when you feed a live mouse?

[rzreptile]

I don't seem to mind the mice but I hate it when I feed rats. I had one as a pet when I was a kid. Made a great pet but that is the circle of life. Snakes got to eat. Although I try not to feed live unless they are being stubborn.


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[DooLittle]

The more you feed, the easier it gets. And we do have pet as well as feeder rats.

[Neal]

I really only feel bad when I hear the mouse/rat make noises then I kinda feel bad. During this time of the year my Rufous like to slow down feeding, so I find that the live pinkies entice them more then f/t. I'll switch them back around the summer time.

[Marrissa]

I don't feel bad for mice. I don't much like them. I know my first feedings of ratty babies are going to be tough though. My boyfriend keeps telling me I'm going to end up a rat hoarder because I won't feed them off. I will I'll just feel bad because of their cuteness.

[patientz3ro]

...that feels a little sad when you feed a live mouse?

I'm not really a fan of feeding the dead ones. Seems like a waste of food.


Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I know what you mean, though. I won't ever feed a rat that's got a caramel hood. One of my little ones was a caramel, and it just feels wrong. Anything else is fair game.

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[OctagonGecko729]

I really like all of our ASFs, honestly I've been having more fun with them then I have the snakes in the past couple months because I am setting up my colony and selecting holdbacks. However, no I do not feel sad for them, I feed appropriately sized meals which are killed in 5-20 seconds. My ASFs are fat and happy until then and are raised under perfect care. Predation is a fact of nature. I'd argue that CO2ing your rodents is no more humane then appropriately sized live feeding. I also always watch the feeder die to make sure that something freakish doesn't happen during the feeding. It's all about making the interaction as humane as possible for a win-lose situation (snake eats - rodent dies, rodent lives - snake dies).

[Juggalo]

I dont feel bad when the snake kills the mouse or rat. But if someone doesnt eat and I have leftovers, I feel bad killing them myself.

[Pyrate81]

Nope, I usually grab lunch and eat while watching my guys eat.

I do kinda feel bad for my ASFs when I take the fuzzies away, but that feeling passes quickly when I see Cupcake take them down.

[Spencer88]

I never feel bad, But i'm also not a fan of mice/rats.