Do you ever feel bad feeding live?

[PYMOM]

If not feeding in another week I may have to go live....I keep telling myself its "the way of the World" Snakes are just higher up the food chain than a rodent. If you have taken on the responsibility of owning a snake then you must do whats necessary for it survival. Its dependent on you.




P.S. I personally dread going live. Please eat this week Diamond.

[Freakie_frog]

Feeding live is only the second worse thing when it comes to owning snakes. Having to kill the rat yourself to assist feed or because your snake is a dumby and didn't grab the rat right to aviod injury..that the worse part..

[Moofins07]

I have previously owned rats as well. Loved them, and still do. Though, what would make me REALLY feel bad, is if another living animal starved to death because of my own "inadequacies".

I try to keep a "it's just business" opinion about it. Really, if the snake were in the wild, it would be lowering the rodent count on its own anyway. That's what rodents exist for; without them, the ecosystem doesn't work. We are essentially re-creating that ecosystem for the snake in our own home. I have no qualms with that.

[dembonez]

i never have and thank god i know im gonna get hate for this but i feel so bad doing it rats are so cute!! and i just cant bare to watch it

[twan]

I dont feel that bad because they where born to be feeders. I will admit i do get 5 or 6 at a time and they are spoiled before they go so thats how i deal with it.

[Theartisticgemini]

I only feel bad about rats. There pretty cute

[Raptor]

I have no issue what so ever. The "special" ones are kept back for breeding. However, if they eat babies, bite me, or turn out to be over aggressive to cage mates, they get fed off.

[cheezeit32]

only with rats, and i dont like pre killing either but i refuse to f/t, only cuz i dont like the risk of bacteria and whatnot. Oh well, it's the circle of life!!

[ClarkT]

I guess it shows my noobness, but I got bit by the rat the first time I tried. I don't care much for them to die. They gotta die to feed my snake. It's the full measure of their creation . Just like cows are here to feed me hamburgers and steak, and supply milk for me and my family. Just the food chain of life.

[Eyeball]

I feed live...i like the feeding response that live rodents bring out in my snakes. rodents are part of the food chain and snakes eat them ...that's the way it is. Eyeball