Honest opinions on feeding.

[Zincubus]

Not about you being honest, more about ignorant.
You need to remember this forum is WORLD wide.
If you are not willing to learn, expand your knowledge and understand there are more ways than just your own (or your google knowledge) then sometime it would be best to just sit back and watch.

***And Yes, there are many posts I don't comment on just because I know where it will lead. I'm smart like that.

So now I'm ignorant as well .
Apart from all the reasons I've given the main thing from my point is that I myself simply couldn't hurt a living thing . I even pick up worms off the pavement (sidewalk ) so they don't get trodden on .

[Zincubus]

Length of time as a member doesn't change anything as far as their knowledge OR comprehension to other members previous posts/actions.

Then again you wouldn't start a new job and start making instant changes or throwing your weight around until you'd been there for a while ... or would you ?

[PitOnTheProwl]

ig·no·rant /ˈiɡnərənt/ adjective: ignorant
lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

And yes I would, wouldn't be the first time.

[200xth]

I myself simply couldn't hurt a living thing

Your snake doesn't share your same concerns.

The problem is not that you advocate and prefer feeding FT, it's that you make it sound like it's completely irresponsible and horrificly dangerous for anyone to even contemplate feeding live. You take pictures of events that happen 1 in 1 million or 5 million times and try to portray them as something that happens all the time and anyone feeding live is continually putting their animal at great risk, when nothing could really be further from the truth.

[Zincubus]

Your snake doesn't share your same concerns.

The problem is not that you advocate and prefer feeding FT, it's that you make it sound like it's completely irresponsible and horrificly dangerous for anyone to even contemplate feeding live. You take pictures of events that happen 1 in 1 million or 5 million times and try to portray them as something that happens all the time and anyone feeding live is continually putting their animal at great risk, when nothing could really be further from the truth.

Tbh the living ' thing' I was referring to was the poor rodent not the snake ( who is also at risk , of course ).

[Eric Alan]

Tbh the living ' thing' I was referring to was the poor rodent not the snake ( who is also at risk , of course ).

Now you've lost me. You've posted ad nauseam regarding the "dangers of feeding live prey" with the premise that it will cause inevitable harm to the snake it's being fed to. Now, you seem to be more concerned with the well-being of the prey itself. The end result, for the rodent, is the same regardless of what form it's in when it goes into the snake tub. Putting the live feeding debate aside, you're in the wrong hobby if you can't come to terms with the purpose that rodents serve in this community.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Actually , you couldn't be more wrong about me ... I detest threads like this , very intimidating if you find yourself in the minority .

We simply don't live feed over here in the UK apart from last resort to try and trigger a feeding response from a hatchling or a youngster ..

It's probably a cultural thing as I said previously . The thread asks for honest opinions but look at the reaction you get for being honest !

The problem is that your opinion is not based on actual experience and it's not an opinion you are strongly advocating against live using all the same pictures and non sense that other pro f/t feeders have before you.

We don't advocate against f/t feeding we try to educate people about their choices rather than scaring them off.

Again your experience/advocating has ZERO credibility and is based on hear says (the one you chose to listen to) and pictures which all have a back story.

So yes you can share your opinion but don't expect people not to question it.

BTW there are many people feeding f/t on this very forum, the difference they are knowledgeable and open minded about their choices.



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[Zincubus]

Now you've lost me. You've posted ad nauseam regarding the "dangers of feeding live prey" with the premise that it will cause inevitable harm to the snake it's being fed to. Now, you seem to be more concerned with the well-being of the prey itself. The end result, for the rodent, is the same regardless of what form it's in when it goes into the snake tub. Putting the live feeding debate aside, you're in the wrong hobby if you can't come to terms with the purpose that rodents serve in this community.

Not really , I love meat but I certainly couldn't kill anything myself .

[Lizardlicks]

Hey Zinc, you gotta learn to stop trying to eat your whole foot, it can't taste very good. You have a bad habit of wording opinions as fact claims, and then responding to disagreements with those claims as though they were ad hominem attacks on your person. That's not a good way to establish a reputation as a stable, knowledgeable and respectable individual on a forum.

[Zincubus]

Hey Zinc, you gotta learn to stop trying to eat your whole foot, it can't taste very good. You have a bad habit of wording opinions as fact claims, and then responding to disagreements with those claims as though they were ad hominem attacks on your person. That's not a good way to establish a reputation as a stable, knowledgeable and respectable individual on a forum.

Wording as fact ?

Examples please