retic taking a pig

[Angel deMarco]

Have to agree aswell. You people jump on the feeding live kills bandwagon and go ballistic.

I second/fourth/whatever this sentiment. I'd rather go ballistic on the "assisting natures course" bandwagon. Plus denisthemenis makes some excillent points that I've heard before. I'm a prolive feeder. however, housing two snakes in the same cage is not something I would consider. an animal needs a space that it can call its own. plus its too stressfull on both of the.

f'in awsome video....

f'in awsome.

[Ginevive]

Hm.. I myself think that feeding live is OK, if you know what you're doing; I don't understand why the videl was being criticized really; the snake was not injured at all as it constricted/ate the pig; you could plainly see the pig's jaws and they were not biting the snake. However, I think people need to learn HOW to feed live, or frozen for that matter; if they don't know how, either way could be dangerous to the snake. I have seen people posting about learning that feeding frozen/thawed was good, and also stating that they didn't know the prey needed to be heated!!
I grappled with this subject myself; thought feeding live was moronic for a time (until one of mine stopped eating, and I tried live, and well, he eats fine now.) Any method used by anyone, needs to be learned and done right!

[JimiSnakes]

Oh my god I hate this f/t or live debate. It's like beating yourself in the head with a hammer.

Nobody ever wins these and it always gets out of hand.

By the way, I liked the cheesy music..lol

[jglass38]

By the way, I liked the cheesy music..lol

I grew up in the 80s. Cheesy music is my lifeblood!

[JimiSnakes]

I grew up in the 80s. Cheesy music is my lifeblood!

Me too!

[Gizm0BP]

Dude, what the hells up with the people who don't support live feeding. Tell me this, even though your python is a CB by natural instinct it's made to kill. You think in the wild theres somebody out there killing their prey for them? No. So if you can't take seeing the prey being eaten alive either:

A.) Put the rat in, or sheep for the bigger snakes
or
B.) Just don't keep a pet snake.

I'm not trying to be mean but it's the truth. Sorry if I offended someone.


Cool vid though