Man tries to feed kitten to boa

[RedDevil]

Food is food. What makes that cat so much more deserving to live than the millions of rodents we as a community feed and cull every week? I personally wouldn't do it, but it is no more morally wrong than feeding off rodents.

And please note I am commenting soley on the act of feeding a cat/dog to a snake, not any other actions this individual may have committed.

[tbowman]

That is not a boa, kuba. It's a retic.

[Reptile Man]

Looks like a boa to me.

[HerpKeeperVA]

Feeding any animal, other animals that have been Euthanized with the "Shot" would be very dangerous for the receiving animal, and should never be fed. Im talking other methods of dispatching a large mammal. just so people are very clear.

I assumed you meant something along the lines of asphyxiation (co2 chamber, etc) or the like, I know I wouldn't want to eat anything that had been chemically euthanized, so I wouldn't want my pets to, either.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

To be honest, while i personally would NEVER feed a cat, or dog to a snake, you have to think of the reality of the situation in general. ( Though the way he went about this was entirely wrong, and disgusting) There are MILLIONS of cats and dogs without homes in this entire country. Hundreds of thousands each year are put to sleep because of no better option. Thousands of those animals are used in science, for classrooms where they get cut up and tossed away so kids and adults can learn about anatomy. ( personally, while it furthers humans knowledge, i find it with todays technology, a waste, in some ways. But i can understand the need for it too)

While it might seem offensive to many, I see nothing, inherently WRONG with feeding these animals ( which are food for humans in other countries!!!), properly( prekilled, humanely), to snakes, or other predators that can benefit from the feeding of such prey items.

I jsut try to look at this stuff from both sides of the fence. It might bother me... Because i love cats and dogs, but i can truly understand it, so long as its done humanely. It just seems less wasteful to me.
Now if people would just go and get their cats and dogs FIXED this would become LESS of a problem if people were more proactive!!!

The way this jerk treated that live animal though is disgusting, and im glad the jerk is in jail.

Which is exactly why both my pure bred Australian Cattle Dogs are from the ACD rescue. My cat was rescued as a fetus when i took his feral mother in and then vetted and found homes for all of them except the one i kept. 3 of my silver bala sharks were a rescue and needed 2 weeks of hospital tank treatment to get them healthy again. 1 of my plecostomus catfish was a rescue after he was turned in to a pet store in horrible condition and also needed extensive treatment...

Someone trying to feed a kitten to a snake is just sick in the head. I cant save em all and i agree with most of what you say. I wish more people would be more responsible when it comes to breeding, and fixing dogs and cats.

[mooingtricycle]

That is not a boa, kuba. It's a retic.

Its a retic.

[mooingtricycle]

Someone trying to feed a kitten to a snake is just sick in the head.

I very strongly disagree with this sentiment.

Would you appreciate someone saying the same about you, while you feed rats/mice? ( which many people are AGAINST us feeding, go on and read some of the rat breeder forums, maybe post a pic of a snake or two... go see how those people react (Not all) ) How about eating meat. Many many people are against that too... and think its entirely wrong. I know i sure as heck am not sick in the head for feeding live prey, or eating meat.

I think HOW the animals are treated when they are ALIVE makes all the difference in the world.

This guy, for treating that cat the way he did, was very wrong in doing so. I hope he's learned his lesson.

[N4S]

I would beat the living **** out of that guy if I seen him walking on the street.

[Hulihzack]

I heard about this this morning... and heard that he was also in the Valley... He's just lucky the cops found him before I did.

[Oroborous]

Sick...I really hope that man gets what he deserves, I'd like to crush him into a ball and drop kick him...