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Cold torpor (paralyzing snakes by putting them in the refrigerator until they are too cold to move) has no anesthetic or analgesic value. All it does is paralyze them; the animals remain fully conscious and feeling. This fact may be confirmed by any veterinarian with a modern education in the field of reptile medicine. Mr. Hoser is not a veterinarian and he says that he does not use any anesthesia or pain relief medication when he is cutting into live animals.

As can be seen in his photo, the animal is being cut on a non sterilizable surface (eg, a plank of wood). Its mouth is restrained open by ordinary (non sterilizable) rubber bands which appear to be strapped to nails hammered into the plank of wood. The suture material and the types of knots visible in the mouth are not appropriate to the patient and to the situation.

Before forming an opinion about this article you may want to show it to an experienced reptile veterinarian whom you trust. His or her opinion should be quite enlightening.

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