Quote Originally Posted by yeahyeah View Post
So it's not humane to kill a rodent by giving it a quick whack, but it is humane to feed live to your ball python and let it die slower? I knowing whacking it may seem inhumane, but the fact of the matter is, it's quick and easy. Quicker than feeding live even. Don't get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with feeding live. I'm just saying killing it quickly with a whack is no worse, it might even be MORE "humane."
Snakes kill quickly and efficiently. Whacking very often doesn't. There is a reason why smashing a rat against a concrete floor didn't make the list of humane euthanization methods.