Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
People "know" how the snakes die by scientific exploration in how the bodies react to different stimulation and situations. The freezing info is in some studies somewhere. You could google up that. It's not hard to see a head that responds to movement and touch AFTER being seperated from the body completely, and understand that it can feel if it can respond to outside stimulius.

Foschi: And I've had to "put down" snakes and other pets in the past, thank you so much for assumptions that no one here has ever done the humane thing. This past year saw my cat of 24 years put to sleep at the vet, and more than one misformed hatchling killed instantly to prevent that "long suffering death". If you consider a disagreement a flame, then here's one for you.

I feel anything instant = humane. Doesn't matter if it's ugly or brutal looking... if it's instant for the animal, that's more important than if it's pretty to watch.
I completely agree with your last statement as you can figure out by my comment about putting away ones ewww yuck that's horrible thing.. As for the rest, I was referring to the threads that are actually posted here.. The breeders never talk about putting down their animals do they? Of course not. Otherwise they would be argued with by the many here who are against the quickest and most painless way of putting them down (makes no sense I know). Isn't that happened in this thread after all?

Instead all I ever see talked about is keepers of one to a few pets where one is very sick or injured or whatever. I've seen cases being treated over and over and over and the animal dies.. That is the point I'm making.

My post was not for the breeders (like you and I) who have dealt with things like malformation, failure to thrive, emergency surgery, etc... Those who I'd expect to be intelligent enough to read between the lines on this forum where we ALL use to be on the same page more or less..