How Not To Feed Your Snake (Graphic)!

[Badgemash]

Why is everyone so quick to jump to the "it's fake" conclusion around here?

I agree. That image doesn't look photo shopped in the least. I don't really understand why so many people immediately jump to the, well that has to be fake, conclusion.

On the other thread, I saw signs of what looked like tampering on the second photo, however I see no signs of this one being fake. In this case people jump to that conclusion because it's less disturbing to believe that some troll would photoshop this rather than face the sad truth that a complete idiot utterly failed in their obligation to provide a safe environment for an animal in their care, and that animal died a slow and agonizing death (probably over several torturous hours) because of it.

When the last time you've seen a snake swallow a mouse or rat when they are still alive? I'm pretty sure they kill it first before they actually begin to devour the food.

My hognose does, which is why I'm trying to switch her over to f/t asap, because a) it could spell trouble when she moves past pinkie sizes and b) it's quite unpleasant to watch/hear.