Quote Originally Posted by Igor View Post
well that is not the context i meant it in...i meant cats and dogs have mental capacity to recognize us as their care givers...a cat can go wonder around on the streets and come back to you..that is what i mean by freedom..its purely domesticated..a snake wont, and YES I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE MENTAL CAPACITY...so dont argue that, but i mean its still a wild animal, and keeping it in a cage...for our own purposes, is a little bit wrong...however since we enjoy the hobby we still do it...i love my snake personally!!! but i can still think its wrong, that is my opinion on it, and again we are off topic...i still feed my snake live food...and i will probably do that for a while until i am satsifed he can eat f/t...but i STILL think its wrong to contribute to someone elses death, if some of you are such avid jesus followers...isnt it wrong to contribute to someone elses death? if that is the case, than keeping a pet snake is wrong, since they would thrive in the wild and nature would take its course

Why do you keep bringing religion into this? If you don't know what christians believe, then why are you even walking down this path? I am a christian, and I have no moral or eithical issues with snake ownership or husbandry.

You keep harping on things in nature. Nature and natural things are not necessarily so great. Most animals in the wild live very short lives, and never even survive to adulthood. Those that do face predators, disease, and the environment. Arsenic and mercury or completely 'natural', but harmful. I think you need to make that distinction.

Also, as far as contributing to someone's death. I take it, your a vegetarian? Otherwise, you contribute to someone's death on a daily basis. I do not believe that consuming another animal is wrong, so have no issues feeding my snakes. I mean, it's no different than what's in most dog foods but in a different package.

Obviously you are not going to find many people who are going to agree with you here. If we found it morally wrong, then we would likely give up our animals. I know I would. (if that happened to be the case) I think we'll have to just agree to disagree, as this agruement is going nowhere fast.