Quote Originally Posted by MrLang View Post
I never claimed to advocate putting them in harms way or reducing their quality of life. I asked for someone to show evidence that only offering food that doesn't trigger an immediate feeding response would eventually put them in harms way or reduces their quality of life. They aren't having fun eating. They don't wait for Friday night for a pizza with 5 meat toppings like I do. It's a biological function. 'Quality of life' for a snake means survival and minimal discomfort (discomfort which only serves to drive a response). Obesity is killing a lot of humans in this country. I heard it's harmful for snakes, too! I haven't seen a lot of wild caught animals, but I bet they look quite a bit different than the snakes in most people's racks (morphs aside, lol).
Ok. I still believe your logic is flawed, but to each their own.

I don't see proper feeding techniques being a hindrance to the well being of a snake. I do, however, see sporadic and/or maintenance feeding being detrimental to their health. It may not be immediately apparent other than weight loss. Guess that is why with proper care captive lifespans are generally much higher with most animals. Please remember, I'm not talking down on proper f/t feeding where the snake eats on a regular basis, but those who refuse to feed live and only feed f/t with mixed results (ie only eats part of the time or never) with little concern for the fact that the animal is malnourished are what concern me.

Here are a pastel and a pin that have been properly fed, however I don't believe either has to worry about obesity just yet.



Here is a spider that was owned by someone who only offered f/t and this snake only ate maybe 1 out of every 5 feedings. Not a healthy looking animal if you ask me. After rescuing him we offered live. He became one of our best eaters and the only time he ever skipped a meal was while he was breeding.