Quote Originally Posted by Egapal View Post
The problem is that you are demonizing feeding live.
Not necessarily. I did mention that if it's a last resort thing, I'm fine with it. But I would say feeding live just for entertainment is a pretty demonic thing to do!

There are people who do things because they like being cruel. Ok granted. You aren't going to get through to them and by lumping me in with them you taint the conversation.
Some people are just generally ignorant, with the facts presented, it might. But that matters not, the criticism against such people is warranted. And as I said... genuine reasons such as with people like you, I have no beef with. It's only those who "do it for the lulz" or use weak excuses (like it's 'inconvenient').

I am happy when I hear the squeek of a rodent being constricted. Not because I am a sadist. I am happy for the same reason I will be happy when I hear the cry of my child getting immunized. I know that pain and death are part of life and that rodent has to die for my snake to live. Whether it dies under questionable conditions in a rodent raising business and is shipped to me frozen, or gets constricted in front of me, its death is necessary.
And I understand that! Which is why it's not directed to folks such as yourself.

I think you are placing too much emphasis on the "suffering" of the rodents.
Too much? Hmm, I don't agree. Mainly because I am concerned about unnecessary cruelty to the animal in question, which I believe is something to consider.

I consider the last minute of an animals life far less important than the life leading up to that and far less grave than the fact that I am facilitating its death.
Fair enough, but the method of death should still be considered! This is why, for example, I use a snap trap if I have a mouse problem, and never a glue trap (these torture traps rile me up even more, but that's a topic for another day).