hey...now you are just assuming facts...i had my snake for 3 months now...and it didnt eat for the 4 months...and so far i have been feeding live ann all have been successful....so please dont assume....second of all,,, why the heck did someone mention the bible??????? who here follos the bible anyways? i came to the conclusion that is morally wrong because you are controlling its death, not nature, you are conciously controlling its death...that is not nature, if there were bigger beings on this earth as an exagerated example...and you were kept as a pet, and fed to an aligator....would that be nature? look at the bigger picture