Quote Originally Posted by blackcrystal22 View Post
Your grammar screams of maturity and experience.

Anywho. Since I feel like it I'm going to tell you how it is physically impossible for any snake to eat insects. Snakes do not have the reflex of grab, snap, and swallow. They're mouths are also not designed to grab small amounts of food. When the 'feeding reflex' kicks in they BITE-GRAB-WRAP-SQUEEZE-SWALLOW.
Their instincts virtually forbid them from skipping the wrapping and squeezing.

So basically those Petco employees are pretty uneducated. I'm not too sure so don't quote me on this, but I THINK that the digestive system would have an issue with insects as well?
All those insects will do is attempt to eat the snake. Inhumane is what it is.
Welllll......

First, there are quite a few snake species that do feed on insects Smooth Green Snakes, Rough Green snakes, Ground Snakes, Shovelnose snakes, Racers (Yes, they feed on locusts) etc.

For the small amounts of food comparative to the animal; it depends on the species. Brown Snakes (Storeria genus) feed on very small invertebrates. Some that are barely half the size of their heads. It all depends on what the species is designed for, and how they evolved.

As for the instincts on skipping the wrapping, and constriction...not entirely. I had quite a few giants, including a couple AfRocks, that would gently take F/T Rabbits straight from the tongs, and start to swallow. Nothing else to it. If the animal is dead, and they know so, then why waste the energy on a deceased meal? Don't forget, they do feed on carrion in the wild