I agree.
It is senseless to feed a healthy snake to another snake, but it isn't any more cruel than feeding a healthy mouse to a snake, or feeding a lizard to a snake.

However, I don't buy that the motivation for the feeding was a problem cornsnake. That corn snake looked healthy. I am more likely to believe it was done as an entertaining way to get rid of a corn snake that wasn't selling.

Even with mice though, using f/t prey if you are able is better for so many reasons.

My understanding is that a freezer is an acceptable way to euthanize a reptile with very little suffering to the reptile.
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3.3.5 L. getula californiae
1.0 L. getula nigrita
1.0 Boa constrictor constrictor (suriname, fostering/rescue)
2.1.2 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata

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