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rtdunham
at Tue Feb 26 07:35:52 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
Maybe another way the "natural" discussion could proceed is by comparing the difference between, say, a lion's natural range and the conditions in which it's kept in captivity, vs the way we house our snakes and the snakes' likely experiences in the wild. I know both are "unnatural". But think about a snake which might, in the wild, range over a square mile in its lifetime (far less for smaller, fossoral species) and which might often retreat to a smaller-than-cage-sized recess in a tree stump or rock crevice, for weeks or even months). And lastly--because i do think the "natural" discussion is worthwhile--we generally eliminate from our snakes' housing animals that would predate upon them. If we make the decision not to keep a fox with our snakes, is that subjecting the snake to any more unnatural an environment than feeding it pre-killed food rather than live?
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- Swallows food without killing first. - D70Challenger, Sat Feb 2 01:52:06 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - pyromaniac, Sat Feb 2 07:53:59 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - tgcorley, Sat Feb 2 09:38:29 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - rtdunham, Sat Feb 2 10:00:40 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - DMong, Sat Feb 2 10:33:39 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - bluerosy, Sat Feb 2 11:42:33 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Sat Feb 2 16:14:56 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - Splitfire59, Sat Feb 2 17:01:10 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - pyromaniac, Sat Feb 2 20:31:25 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - Bluerosy, Sun Feb 3 03:01:37 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - tspuckler, Sun Feb 3 08:04:15 2013

- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Sun Feb 3 09:31:03 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - pyromaniac, Sun Feb 3 11:39:22 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - Bluerosy, Sun Feb 3 14:12:07 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - rtdunham, Sun Feb 3 16:55:47 2013
- I feed live..... - Kerby..., Mon Feb 4 09:38:44 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Mon Feb 4 20:44:28 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - DMong, Mon Feb 4 21:33:41 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - D70Challenger, Mon Feb 4 23:53:38 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - DMong, Tue Feb 5 00:59:27 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Tue Feb 5 08:30:23 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Tue Feb 5 09:20:01 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - josephschmidt, Tue Feb 5 11:13:21 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - DMong, Tue Feb 5 11:26:12 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - pyromaniac, Tue Feb 5 18:01:07 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - rtdunham, Wed Feb 6 11:40:26 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Thu Feb 7 15:25:47 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - FR, Thu Feb 7 15:29:15 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - CrimsonKing, Fri Feb 8 13:01:34 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - JoeyCoco, Sun Feb 24 20:56:34 2013
- RE: Swallows food without killing first. - rtdunham, Tue Feb 26 07:33:43 2013
and that raises another question... - rtdunham, Tue Feb 26 07:35:52 2013
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