Snake didn't eat... What do I do with the live rat pup?

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I've never seen a bunch of snake keepers so up in arms about the life and/or well-being of a rat.






OP-you should get a monitor. It'd fix this problem of yours right up.

I think you are missing our point. Whatever the reptile does with its prey is nature. However, if I decide to rip up a rat into little pieces myself while it was alive, would that be ok with you?

This is part of the reason that reptile keepers have a bad reputation amongst non-reptile keepers. One of the misconceptions is that we enjoy watching little fuzzy creatures suffer. I don't care if a keeper feeds live or F/T. All I expect is that the prey animal not suffer unnecessarily.