Quote Originally Posted by UltraViolet View Post
How do you deal with feeding rats to your snakes when you also have a relationship with and understanding of rats as pets? No judgement here at all- it just seems stressful to me and I'm curious how you handle the cognitive dissonance.
How do farmers/ranchers have cows, goats, pigs, etc, as pets if they aren't vegetarians? As Inarikins said, it is possible to keep the two separated in your mind... I have a few pet mice myself, and also feed live mice & rats to my snakes. You just see them differently!