What a waste...

[Mephibosheth1]

Mephiboshbeth already said....

Worthy Effort; Just call me Meph or Mephi

[Kokorobosoi]

Worthy Effort; Just call me Meph or Mephi

I usually just call you Meep in my head LOL.


Anyways, I cant think of a single reason other than the beginning down the slope to serial killer. And I do remember a report in a pysch periodical about many if not all... well.... thats how it starts.

SMH Glad it wasn't me who found that, As a vegetarian I have a hard enough time feeding. That would've put me right on over the cliff to crazy.

[Willowy]

That's super weird. I mean, even as a slaughter method it's inefficient and messy. Little teeny mouse necks, have to hold them over a bucket until they finish bleeding. . .just not the easy way to do it. With approximately the same movement and effort they could break the rodent's neck. So yeah that's weird. If you can find an e-mail you could ask them what's up.

[piedpipper]

I wouldn't say it has anything to do with serial killer intentions etc. I can see why you would be put off but growing up around farms where slaughtering animals is just a part of life I can say that it is definitely a legitimate method of slaughter with larger animals.

It's just that it is somewhat absurd to do with mice because of the time it would take and the fact that there are so many easier ways to do it as willowy said. Not to mention you typically want feeders as close to full nutritional value as possible. Losing all that blood would take some of that away I would think.

[Mephibosheth1]

Personally, I would think that anyone who would be in the business of euthanizing animals would do their best to make sure that they were doing it "properly". When I was breeding mice, I looked up the "proper" methods of euthanasia for mice as accepted in academia and Veterinary Medicine to ensure that none of my clients would be able to argue with me about the humanity of the euthanasia.

[piedpipper]

Personally, I would think that anyone who would be in the business of euthanizing animals would do their best to make sure that they were doing it "properly". When I was breeding mice, I looked up the "proper" methods of euthanasia for mice as accepted in academia and Veterinary Medicine to ensure that none of my clients would be able to argue with me about the humanity of the euthanasia.

Yes I agree. I'm just saying just because he didn't do it that way doesn't mean the guy's a serial killer lol.

[Coluber42]

Aside from the nutrition, wouldn't you also have a potential for dehydration with some species that get more of their moisture from their food and don't drink that much? If they keep consistently getting feeders that are missing so much blood? Also... Eww. What a mess.

[PhoenixGate]

I can tell you why, but only because I have an older brother who I'm sure, if he wasn't overweight and very religious, would have been a serial killer.

The brother I live with said once, when he and Andy were kids, a nest of baby birds fell from the tree. They weren't sure what to do with the babies, and Andy went into the barn and slit their throats one by one. My live-in brother had to hear them scream in pain an horror.

Andy also used to like collecting snails, carefully peeling off their shells, sticking them in a jar and when they were aaaaaalmost dead, pouring salt onto them.

Slitting the throats of mice sounds like similar behavior. Torturing small animals is psychopathic behavior. Why is he doing it? He's doing it because he likes doing it. He gets enjoyment out of torturing the mice.

Avoid the crap out of that guy.

[Hypancistrus]

Avoid the crap out of that guy.

Yep, I plan to in the future. It's very messy and some of mine are refusing them. No sense in ever buying from him again.

[Yodawagon]

Were they all bloody? How did you not see that when you bought them I guess what I'm wondering. You would think if you didn't want they were alive they would be all bloody. But if you did it after they were dead and you had a little bit more control over them they might not be that messy. Either way that's strange.