Quote Originally Posted by Lizardlicks View Post
In nature snakes are ALSO predated, being eaten by birds, large mammals, and even other snakes. I don't see you keeping a hyena around the house to make it more "natural" though. That's the whole point of keeping pets; we are removing them from nature, and fitting them into our domestic lives for our pleasure. This brings some benefit for the animals such as protection from diseases (and treatment if they do catch one), protection from being eaten, or injured, and provided food on a regular basis so they don't starve. There are many valid reasons to feed live, anything from cost to making sure fussy feeders keep eating. Feeding live because it's "more natural" though? Kind of a pretty dumb one that isn't very fully thought out.
I did not say it was a "more natural" way, I said that is the way NATURE made it. Read a little further next time.....and I don't know if hyenas are in the same part of Africa, but I am pretty dumb and don't fully think things out.

And how do you know what animals I keep? I could have a lion or two