I think this is the ball python forum *checks*, yep definitely is the ball python forum..for a minute there, thought I was in 'Rats as Pets' forum over at www.exotichobbyist.com.



Snakes eat rodents and though they kill fast, its not death in .000001 seconds. There is nothing wrong with the video, I have seen far worse 'feeding' videos on YouTube. Nor is there anything wrong with this video and others like it in the snake forums. The only thing I suggest for future videos of this type, is add in the post that the video may be disturbing to some...or indicate it does show live prey being fed to a snake/lizard. This way posters can decide if they want to watch the video and if they do and they find it offensive, then its their own fault for not heeding the warning.



Life is sacred but the world revolves around the cycle of life. All life feeds upon other life, no matter what part of the food chain you are on. And there is plenty of life that feeds on death as well.



Me personally I think rats are great pets, far more intelligent and responsive than half the 'toy dogs' I have encountered over the years and far cuter than any toy dogs (most looks just stupid to me, or at best, rat like). What put rats far above toy dogs in my book, is they are far less nippy and don't bark. I love dogs of just about every 'group' except the toy group.



I also breed my own rats to produce food for my snakes. I feed pre-killed and frozen thawed most of the time but I have a few ball pythons who won't eat anything but live. I only feed live because its either that or watch the snake slowly starve to death. Far less cruel to feed the snake what he will eat, causing maybe half a minute of suffering for the rat, than months of suffering to the snake by never giving it anything other than prey it won't eat.
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