Quote Originally Posted by Gavin View Post
No, not because I dislike it... because it's an unnecessary risk to the snake and it's arguably unnecessarily cruel. If your snake will refuse to eat a dead animal, well you're not going to let it starve... that'd be much more cruel. This is why I made the concession.



Oh so I can't say my own opinion, even if it's contrary to some on here? I thought this was a "friendly" forum...

I'm not trying to convert anyone, I am discussing the issue of ethics here. Which is entirely relevant when feeding a live, concious mammal to another animal.

It's not that I don't like the fact that people feed live, it's some of the reasons. "Because I like to see my snake kill things" - sadistic much? That's a legitimate reason?? What if I said I fed live snakes to my pet mongooses because "I enjoyed watching them kill things"? Would you like that? Of course you wouldn't... because it's completely disgusting and inappropriate. Using sadism as a reason shouldn't be acceptable. There are legitimate reasons to feed live to snakes, "because I enjoy watching things die" isn't one of them. :/
Don't try to turn my own words against me, and to add to it you did a horrible job at that.

What I said, you don't need to pick it all apart, you're entitled to your opinion. BUT, you do NOT need to force it on us or take apart our phrases.

You're entitled to your opinion, have at it. But don't place your opinion above ours because you think it isn't right.