Quote Originally Posted by maudie View Post
this is an interesting question... I have some cool snakes in my collection at the moment, but honestly, none of them are as priceless to me as my first ever ball python, a normal girl. she is such a sweetheart, I would do anything for her. If the babies were deformed..or already dead, then it would be fine to feed them off, because they don't have a chance at life anyways. but feeding a healthy hatchling, normal or not, wouldn't be right at all. just knowing how much myself and others love their normals, I can't stand the thought of potentially taking away a certain someones beloved normal... they may not be worth as much, but that shouldn't make them eligible to be feeders.
Understand your feelings but you also have to take "YOU" out of the situation.
I have fed off and given away normal males because they are useless in a business plan.
That being said, I have also see what can happen to a free animal when someone doesn't know or care how to care for it.
Its facts that many wont like or agree with.