Man feeds puppy to boa.. wait... what?

[elevatethis]

Honestly, how could you guys even watch something like that? I mean, did you seriously watch the whole thing? *shudders* I cant even picture myself being like, "wow, this is gross and inhumane, but Im going to watch the whole thing anyways"

It was on a documentary about animal treatment in the food supply. I'm sorry if my viewing of that for awareness offends you. I guess its it better to turn away and not watch that are unpleasant or disturbing, ignorance is bliss I suppose That way, we all go about our lives totally unaware of the bad things in life and only pay attention to things like rainbows, chirping birds, and playing with kittens.

[CeraDigital]

However, playing devils advocate, how is feeding a puppy any more cruel than feeding a rat or bunny or fetal pigs?

Its the whol morally wrong thing. Dogs are raised and bred to be a companion and pet. Most people frown upon things like this....people feeding pets to their reptiles. It kills the hobby too, and enforces more restrictions....especially giants

[daaangconcepts]

You may be totally off, but not in this case! Great post stalker!

Haha! Yeah, after re-reading my post I had thought about editing that out.

and thanks kinda sorta... I guess

[darkangel]

But Gooseman what about the argument that this is not exactly a "proper" meal for a boa. I think if we were talking about an pet whose prey was primarily dogs in the wild, people would have the same feelings towards it as some of those who keep pet mice although we feed them to our snakes -- the attitude of, "This is something I've come to accept, though I may not like it, because I understand that it is natural."

[Gooseman]

I maybe totally off when saying this but..... rats and mice are actually raised as feeder animals. When considering the food chain it seems logical and acceptable to me to feed them to animals that naturally feed on them in the wild.

Puppies however are not raised as feeder animals and are not considered IMO to be lower then snakes in the food chain.

So to me it is more cruel to feed a puppy which would not normal be killed off as food.

I totally agree on why we as a society have chosen certain animals to known as "feeders", and on the selection of the animals that we have. However, I only see feeding off a puppy as socially unacceptable rather than cruel for the singular reason that the prey items we breed still go through the same pain and suffering during death as the puppy. Now if we managed to breed mice/rats/bunnies without the pain department in their brain I'll reconsider my opinion, but as it stands the death alone is the same and as such the "cruelty" meter is singing the same song.

[qiksilver]

But Gooseman what about the argument that this is not exactly a "proper" meal for a boa. I think if we were talking about an pet whose prey was primarily dogs in the wild, people would have the same feelings towards it as some of those who keep pet mice although we feed them to our snakes -- the attitude of, "This is something I've come to accept, though I may not like it, because I understand that it is natural."

snake are rather opportunistic, and with habitat declining they have become more so, so who's to say in some areas they don't eat a lot of dogs? i don't quite follow your reasoning.

[daaangconcepts]

you must have missed brads post....

I am confused. Brad talked about the food chain?

[Gooseman]

But Gooseman what about the argument that this is not exactly a "proper" meal for a boa. I think if we were talking about an pet whose prey was primarily dogs in the wild, people would have the same feelings towards it as some of those who keep pet mice although we feed them to our snakes -- the attitude of, "This is something I've come to accept, though I may not like it, because I understand that it is natural."

Once again, I am not saying that people should feed their snakes dogs/puppies. I am merely stating that the deaths experienced are the same and as such I cannot rank one to be more cruel than another. Only socially unacceptable. Which it is with me.

[qiksilver]

I am confused. Brad talked about the food chain?

in a way i guess
he talked about cats and dogs being raised for food

[CeraDigital]

snake are rather opportunistic, and with habitat declining they have become more so, so who's to say in some areas they don't eat a lot of dogs? i don't quite follow your reasoning.

Most giant Pythons will take down and eat dogs and cats in their native area. Have you seen the post about the Reticulated Python feeding on the Guard Dogs? African Rock Pythons have been known to feed on domesticated animals such as dogs as well....They don't know when they will find food next, so there's little chance at all they're going to pass up a dog or cat that they come across..

I'm not too sure on if the Burmese Python, Indian Python, or Amethystine Python has been known to. However just because they have been known to feed on dogs or cats in the wild, doesn't mean they should be fed these animals in captivity....by far!. Simple fact is they shouldn't! If someone needs to feed a dog/cat to their Boid or other Reptile...they shouldn't be owning these animals....