Quote Originally Posted by Igor View Post
captive bred ball pythons are wrong to have as pet snakes in the first place, whats a pet snake?

its a snake that should naturally be in the wild but that you actually bred to be a pet snake...the term "pet snake" should NOT even be around...we all keep snakes for some sort of personal or profitable interest that we may have....

SO feeding live rats/mice is morally very wrong, its not nature in any way and how fast it dies is irrelavant...your still controlling its death, not nature....i still do it...

BUT i know its wrong...and since we all live in relativly comfortable situations we think its ok to keep these snakes..

i think we need to distinguish between nature and your large hands controlling the death
Igor, what do you think pets are? Captives that humans keep? How is keeping a dog or cat different for someone that gets the same pleasure from owning a room full of snakes and reptiles?

Humans feel attached to nature and want it in our lives. We bring plants and animals into our home because we enjoy them. We domesticate animals to tolerate and for some to enjoy our companionship like dogs and cats.

I bring reptiles into our home for their primal beauty and "wild center".

Just because you may not get the same pleasure and enjoyment as I do, does not mean it's "morally" wrong to keep any reptiles or feed them what they eat.

Given the hypocrisy in your post, I hardly think your anyone to judge us on why or how any pet owners keep their animals.

But again, thanks for calling us morally wrong death mongers messing with nature.


Quote of the day
"Are we not nature? Us killing a mouse is very nature. We're animals just like the rest of the world." **couldnt give you any more rep points**