Putting food for rat in snake enclosure to distract them?

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Perhaps I should have been more specific when I used the term Human Intervention. Didn't realize the tone of my post was so obtuse...

Umm, actually therd have been plently of times rodents have injured or even killed snakes, so yeah human intervention can alot of times decide the end result of a feeding! Nothing wrong with making sure everything goes as smooth as possible!

Thank you for this BFO (Blinding Flash of the Obvious). I never said don't supervise. I never said create a scenario from Lord of The Flys during feeding time. I'm a huge fan of everything going as smoothly as possible. My point is, 999 times out of 1000, your snake will do just fine in it's valiant struggle to subdue a rat.

They're also uniquely designed to hatch eggs on their own, and yet we most commonly tuck them away in an incubator. Amazing...

At the risk of being really snarky, and running the risk of committing a BFO, Hatching eggs and feeding snakes are not the same thing... Yep, not the same thing at all.

You're doing great work as a Mod, Eric. It ain't easy being Green! I appreciate what you do around here.

What about snake mites on snakes. Without human intervention, our pets wouldn't be able to completely remove the mites on their own. Have you tried pulling off a tick from a dog? It's not an easy task whilst ensuring you do not burst the tick in the process which might possibly spread the eggs all over their fur.

Heck, having a pet snake in itself is human intervention!

Ok, for those of you in the back of the room who are having a hard time hearing. Treating mites and feeding snakes are not the same thing... Nope, not the same thing at all.