We all know and understand that wild rats are pests, and kill off large numbers of crop, spread disease, etc. It's the same old song and dance. We don't feed them off for that factor. These rats are here for sustenance to provide to our animals. It is our responsibility.



Personally, I feed live. Whether you feed live, frozen/thawed, pre-killed, etc. That is your decision. What strikes most is the lack of maturity and respect. Maturity and respect for the animals being fed off is what will represent our hobby best. Everyone knows our animals are predators. They understand our animals feed on other animals in order to continue on. What makes us look unprofessional and immature are videos like this. Those rodents are also sold as pets to others, and although most do not feel like rodents should be pets, and that they're nothing more than feeders.. you're still disrespecting them, and making it out like we are out for blood, we get our jollies off by watching other animals die, or we lack the maturity to keep our animals properly... and the reason we keep them is the thrill of watching them kill.



That does not float well through main stream media. It does not represent us well through a respectable point of view through congress. It makes us look like nothing more than kids. Not the professionals, herpetologists, and experienced breeders we are attempting to show ourselves as.



All I see this doing is dumping another drum of fuel over that big fire they're using to end our hobby.



If you want to help our hobby, and promote it... this is not the correct way to do it. This is a shove backwards.
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Andrew H.

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