Negative comments

[Dianne]

I think it comes with the territory. People express fear in funny ways. They are misunderstood creatures and that's what appeals to me so much. I mainly just get the eww why would you want a snake reaction followed by curiosity. Did have a sister in law go a bit overboard saying she would never allow my nephew over. Thankfully she got over it pretty quickly once she saw it's not a ruthless and bloodthirsty killing machine. I did have a lady give me crap in the pet store line a few weeks ago about how cruel I am when I was buying a feeder rat. I'm sorry that makes you feel a certain way but what you want me to do? Try the broccoli and cauliflower diet?

I had a similar conversation recently with a friend on FB. I’d posted a really cool video of an owl where the handler was showing what narrow spaces they could fly through. The reward was a rat. My friend thought it was so cruel to feed “babies”. I explained that some raptors needed recognizable prey, much as my snakes do. There was no option for “chow” as it isn’t a recognizable food source. You can’t go againsts thousands of years of prey instinct.