Mice are cute too, at least the fancy colorful ones I raise are...but they don't make great pets, fortunately. Rats do make good pets, but if you're going to keep snakes that eat them, you'll have to find a way to accept that. I love animals, but I'm not a vegetarian or vegan. There are many things I'd never consume, & I do insist on humane sources for what I do consume.Originally Posted by BlueOrleans1290
It was hard for me at first, the first time I had to kill a mouse: I had gotten a fuzzy for the snake someone gave me...my very first snake. But it wouldn't eat the fuzzy...Meanwhile, because it was so hard to get the right size from local pet stores for this snake, I had also bought a pair of mice to breed. They were absolutely useless in terms of breeding, as it turned out- no idea why? They were generic albino mice (something I've steered clear of ever since, assuming they're very inbred). Anyway, I naively thought these mice might at least take care of this rejected fuzzy for the time being- but as soon as I put the fuzzy in with them, they savagely attacked it! So it fell to me to put it out of it's misery- that was many years ago, I've gotten a lot tougher since then. I'll never enjoy euthanizing mice, but I'm capable...same for rats. It's like being a farmer or rancher, I guess. You don't get too chummy with "dinner".
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