Cat eating lizards invading Florida.....

[alucard0822]

Good, outdoor cats do more ecological damage than ANY reptile released into the wild. They are just behind feral hogs in terms of how much damage they cause to native species.

Actually according to some family down there "damn Yankee retirees" are the absolute worse invasive species, also the source of many cats. The solution is simple, if you live in the NY metro area, stay there, otherwise Adopt a Burm or monitor, feed it cats

[Bluebonnet Herp]

Actually according to some family down there "damn Yankee retirees" are the absolute worse invasive species, also the source of many cats. The solution is simple, if you live in the NY metro area, stay there, otherwise Adopt a Burm or monitor, feed it cats

You know one of the main reasons why the public masses hate reptile keepers is because of sadistic statements and actions like this, right? It's one thing to understand cats are an invasive species, support spay and neuter programs, and shelter adoption programs, but to enthusiastically condone the use of live cats as feeders, supporting cat bans, or to rag on cat owners is the dumbest thing anyone can be doing right now. Do you really think we can get other pet owners to join us in our fight against these animal bans when there's reptile keepers merrily supporting the brutal slaughtering of their favorite pets?

[Foxton]

Do you really think we can get other pet owners to join us in our fight against these animal bans when there's reptile keepers merrily supporting the brutal slaughtering of their favorite pets?

Yet that's exactly what they happily do when it concerns snakes and other reptiles.

[Daniel.michelle]

I'm pretty sure foxton was being sarcastic about cat feeders. Just saying.

[Daigga]

Don't get me wrong, I love cats. It just got really old walking through a cloud of feral cat stink every time I went from my apartment to my car or vice versa. I did manage to catch one momma cat and her whole litter of kittens (this girl wasn't even a year old!) and took them into a local shelter. I wouldn't use cats or dogs as food, I'm even hesitant to consider guinea pigs as a food source, I just call it strange that organizations zero in on a group of animals that can't do a quarter the damage of a species that is totally acceptable to allow into the wild (outdoor cats) or support feral populations.

[Foxton]

I'm pretty sure foxton was being sarcastic about cat feeders. Just saying.

Obviously I would never advocate cats as feeders, they'd make absolutely terrible feeders.

[Daniel.michelle]

I also wanted to make another point. I work with Nile monitors, and they do get big and nasty, but they are NOT cat hunters. Obviously a cat would stand no chance against a Nile monitor, but a Nile monitor simply would not actively hunt cats. Obviously if it's starving its gonna. But the fact remains that these lizards are scavengers.

I am willing to guarantee that 90% of people who "see" a monitor eating a large mammal such as cat dog racoon possum etc. Are actually witnessing the lizard scavenging for prefilled food such as roadkill or things that have just passed away. In they're natural habitat they scavenge almost all their food. They are NOT going to evolve into stalking predators in florida.

[Daniel.michelle]

I'm pretty sure foxton was being sarcastic about cat feeders. Just saying

directed towards Bluebonnet_Herp

Sorry, I meant alucard0822, not foxton in my quote, referring to this

Adopt a Burm or monitor, feed it cats

by alucard0822

So it should have been "I'm pretty sure alucard0822 was being sarcastic about cat feeders. Just saying" directed toward Bluebonnet_Herp

[alucard0822]

directed towards Bluebonnet_Herp

Sorry, I meant alucard0822, not foxton in my quote, referring to this by alucard0822

So it should have been "I'm pretty sure alucard0822 was being sarcastic about cat feeders. Just saying" directed toward Bluebonnet_Herp

Yes sarcasm, thanks for the help, figured claiming retirees from the tristate area being Florida's most dangerous invasive species made it obvious enough. Although foxton is right, cats generally make poor feeders, well unless you cook them right and serve them on bread(joke/ALF reference)

[Bluebonnet Herp]

I wouldn't use cats or dogs as food, I'm even hesitant to consider guinea pigs as a food source, I just call it strange that organizations zero in on a group of animals that can't do a quarter the damage of a species that is totally acceptable to allow into the wild (outdoor cats) or support feral populations.

Nothing wrong with feeding reptiles. I just would use certain animals as live prey, if at all, and god forbid someone publicize it. And considering the agenda of these groups, it's not surprising that they zero in on a group of animals by whatever angle they can find. They're breaking apart the pet industry piece by piece, which brings up why I criticized alucard's original joke. While sarcastic, it was in poor taste, and sarcasm doesn't travel very well over the internet. And to anyone socialized too well to cats, it doesn't help convince them to back our cause. (I will admit though that the following Alf reference was ridiculous enough not to be taken seriously. Kitten sandwiches are always funny.) Let's just be a little careful about what we post and how we word things. These aren't exactly easy times, legally speaking, especially when part of the animal rights agenda is somewhat going according to plan. They have the money and the skill to deceive and twist words, (in other words; spread propaganda) and they have successfully turned American pet owners on one another, when in contrast, we need to be standing together as our interests are more or less one in the same.