>>Peter Ficker from the Vancouver Humane Society was disappointed the city isn’t going ahead with the original plan of a total ban on reptile sales. He added that the live animals used for feed are often starved before being given to the reptiles. Instructions for feedings sometimes include sprinkling calcium on the animal to make it healthier for the pet.
>>“Do we really want to teach children to sprinkle calcium on mice before feeding them to an iguana?”


It's obvious that the humane society there doesn't know much about reptiles - feeding a mouse to an iguana ! Heck no, that's not what we want to teach children!

Seriously, who starves their feeders? I've never heard anybody say that feeders should be starved! Usually, it's the exact opposite - feeder mice should be fed well, and insects, etc., should be gutloaded before feeding them off to make them healthier. Vitamins are sprinkled on insects because insects lack some nutrients, not because they are being starved.

Does Mr. Peter Ficker take any vitamins? Why should he, if he's not being starved?
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