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    My friend's not so subtle way of telling me his disapproves

    I have a good friend from college who I keep in contact with, I instant message him at least once a week, but he doesn't really approve of my reptile hobby. Lately I thought he had been getting better about it, even going so far as to ask how they are on occasion. He still tells me my new additions are going to eat my 80lb lab when I tell him about them but I think he does it because he knows it upsets me. (I am aware of the fact that I keep odd friends )

    Anyways today I got an e-mail from him that just contained a link.

    It's a pretty interesting link, but I think it was sent more out of his need to express his disapproval that snakes eat rats.

    Here is the link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s...-distress.html
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    Your friend sounds like a twit.

    (It's OK, we all have at least one somewhere.)

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    That's actually a really cool read, thanks for sharing that! And haha yeah, subtle as a brick on your friend's part
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    I despise one of my militant vegetarian friend's disapproval of my feeding rats to snakes. She has 2 dogs, and they will eat more meat/animal product in a year then my snake will eat in his whole life (I pulled that statistic out of my rear end but you get my point).

    It's ridiculously hypocritical.

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    I'll feel bad for rats when one attempts to free its fellow rat from a snake... in that scenario, they leave the unlucky rat that's tagged to be eaten instead of heroically trying to rescue it. Not so "empathetic" then.
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    That guy is silly. And I agree, it's hypocritical to be okay with dogs/cats as pets, but be upset that snakes eat meat as well. I try to feed all my snakes f/t or p/k, and even then I get people complain about it. Sorry, that burger you are eating ALSO had a face.

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    Re: My friend's not so subtle way of telling me his disapproves

    I raise alot of my own feeder rats... It is hard to see empathy when they occasionally eat eachother....(it happens very seldom with my colonies)

    they are like man I feel bad for george... but he is so tasty.... poor george, hey pass the george I am still hungry......
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    Re: My friend's not so subtle way of telling me his disapproves

    Quote Originally Posted by jjmitchell View Post
    I raise alot of my own feeder rats... It is hard to see empathy when they occasionally eat eachother....(it happens very seldom with my colonies)

    they are like man I feel bad for george... but he is so tasty.... poor george, hey pass the george I am still hungry......
    I couldn't help but Lmao when reading your post.
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    Tell your friend rats don't show empathy when they bite me! I personally hate rats and have no problem feeding them off to reptiles. If it wasn't for my snakes I wouldn't come anywhere near a rat!

    Edit: yes I know my name is rat and before I get all the jokes it has to do with my last name, nothing to do with those nasty creatures. Just realized I might get guff cause my display name is rat lol.
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    Re: My friend's not so subtle way of telling me his disapproves

    Quote Originally Posted by jjmitchell View Post
    i raise alot of my own feeder rats... It is hard to see empathy when they occasionally eat eachother....(it happens very seldom with my colonies)

    they are like man i feel bad for george... But he is so tasty.... Poor george, hey pass the george i am still hungry......
    lol!

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