Gavin.... We really aren't discussingOriginally Posted by Gavin
people torturing animals. Nor are we discussing manslaughter and murder. No one on here is malicious or hateful towards animals. No one is feeding live with the intent to torture or maim the prey. We all care very much for the animals we have as well as any that are in our care, such as feeder animals. I feel this representation has no ground in this conversation. If we were talking about people killing animals for pleasure or people killing people.... Then it makes sense.
What this discussion is about is, the difference between live prey and ft prey. Ball pythons along with many other reptiles don't have the intent to torture an animal. They don't have that capability. They are either hungry or not. Just because someone enjoys watching their pet eat/ feeds live out of convenience etc. doesn't mean their intent was to cause pain to either animal. Feeding a snake is no where near a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: fight or a dog fight even if it's live prey. The snakes don't toy with the prey. The prey isn't automatically freaked out and convulsing in fear. The death is humane, quick and 99% of the time causes no damage to the snake. Yes there are some minor instances where issues can happen but like another member said its no different than us getting a nick or scratch in our daily lives. Yes people can have worse problems. But every single instance of those worse issues was due to keeper error. Prey to large, not watching, leaving prey In tubs or tanks. Etc. Just like if you didn't use ft correctly you can have issues. Obviously the same is correct for live.
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