Ferret for food?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

What’s next free kitten, free puppy?

While food is food and we on a daily basis feed rats and mice that other owner perceive as pet just like some BP owner see their BP as pet and some ophiophagous owners that see them as food there are lines I would personally never cross whether it’s a hamster, rat, rabbit, ferret, chicken or a snake.

First I would look at whether the owner of the animal placed on CL see that animal as a pet or as a feeder.

For example if someone place a rat as a pet on CL it would never cross my mind to get that animal and lie to them when all they wanted to do is give a second chance to a pet they could no longer keep for whatever reason (that is my moral compass dictating my actions). So why not it's just a rat? Well because 1# I don't lie, 2# While I never had to surrender an animal or put an animal for adoption I can imagine what it would be to have to do it.

Now if the same rat is considered a feeder it’s a different story.

Lines I would not cross even if they were considered feeders is feed a kitten or a puppy, again MY morals come into play here.

On the top of one’s personal morals there is also the public view and while I do not care what people think of me, I do care about representing this hobby in a positive manner.

What if you listed your retic free because you could no longer care for it and someone came and got it and you found out later own they have a restaurant and your snake was turned into a 2 course meal.


Oh and please stay on topic the hijack and useless comments from some are getting old especially when it goes on in about every thread, this forum is not having a high post count/popularity contest <------ It's green so it's an official request.