Ball Python Eating Puppies?

[Wretched Deviant]

So, I troll craigslist, look at the pets section for fun, today I found someone with a post that said:

"There is a man out here somewhere looking for puppies to feed to his ball python and for drugs and alcohol for some odd reason, He called me earlier this morning about the ad I just recently placed on here about my puppies need new homes. So PLEASE BE AWARE of what the ppls intentions are before you decided to give animals away to ANYONE." (http://wichita.craigslist.org/pet/1582301560.html)

And then later another post...

"There is a man on here using small dogs as food for his python plz check out the home your dog or cat is going too before you give your loved ones away so they dont become snake food!!!!!!!" (http://wichita.craigslist.org/pet/1583519237.html)

I found it a little ludicrous.

Maybe I'm in the wrong but a Ball Python eating puppies? Or even someone getting dogs for food for a large snake?

[bad-one]

Unless it was a newborn puppy a ball python couldn't eat it, and even then I doubt your average bp will want to eat the puppy.


As for someone taking in free puppies to feed a large python... I could see someone doing it, and I'm sure it has been done before. Feeding a large python isn't cheap ya know

[olstyn]

I'm certainly not advocating taking animals under false pretenses, but the reason people feed rodents to snakes is not because rodents are in some way less worthy of life than dogs - it's because their reproductive rate is such that they present an inexpensive and readily available food source. We even feed them to animals that normally prefer other prey. If dogs could be produced on a similar budget, I wouldn't be surprised to see them looked at differently. Heck, we might even eat them ourselves - several Asian cultures do, after all.

[redpython]

in most cases you will go to jail if you feed dogs or cats to snakes. i am not sure the reasoning, but here in ky, a guy was arrested for feeding puppies to his burmese.

honestly, what is the difference between a snake eating a rat vs a dog?

what is the difference between a person eating a cow and a dog? heck in asian culture dog is considered fine cuisine.

[Skiploder]

What is the difference between a person eating a cow and a dog?

Cow tastes better.

[Pedy9970]

in most cases you will go to jail if you feed dogs or cats to snakes. i am not sure the reasoning, but here in ky, a guy was arrested for feeding puppies to his burmese.

honestly, what is the difference between a snake eating a rat vs a dog?

what is the difference between a person eating a cow and a dog? heck in asian culture dog is considered fine cuisine.

rats/mice are natural food item for predator, dogs are not

[pliskin]

Cow tastes better.

I guess you've tried dog , lol?


I think its unlikely for a ball python , but not out of the question for some of the larger snakes.
I've read posts of guys trying to obtain kittens for the their snakes , or people's pet rabbits.
so its not unheard of. I think people should refrain from doing things like this, however, as it reflects negatively on all snake owners.

I'm sure any snake owners wouldn't take kindly, someone that was going to kill their snake , if they were trying to give up the snake for adoption.

[Skiploder]

I guess you've tried dog , lol?

I have.

[kc261]

This is just ridiculous. Yes, I'm sure it has happened. But, do you think someone who was looking to get puppies, kittens, pet rabbits, etc. as food for their snake, would tell the people they were trying to adopt from? No!

What is far more likely is that the craigslist poster got a weird vibe from someone, and jumped to the conclusion that it was because the person was going to feed the puppies to snakes, when really the weird vibe was due to the person being high, or planning on using the puppies as training bait for their fighting dog, or who knows what else.

Or maybe the person does own a ball python, and the craigslist poster is so afraid/hateful of snakes that they assumed that the only reason one of those evil, crazy snake owning people would want a puppy would be to feed it to the snake. I mean, really, we all know anyone who owns a snake is not capable of loving a pet, so they would never want a puppy for the usual reasons.

[nicktreb]

in most cases you will go to jail if you feed dogs or cats to snakes. i am not sure the reasoning, but here in ky, a guy was arrested for feeding puppies to his burmese.

honestly, what is the difference between a snake eating a rat vs a dog?

what is the difference between a person eating a cow and a dog? heck in asian culture dog is considered fine cuisine.

Wow, I can't believe someone said this.