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RobertPreston
at Fri Jun 27 21:37:24 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RobertPreston ]
to Brian, Tango, Meretseger and Carmichael for discussing this with me in such an objective manner. This is something I have done in the past, but do not do now. I can afford to feed my snakes captive raised animals, and have for the last 12 years. However, in about 5 feedings out of hundreds (three squirrels, one rabbit and one bird), and none recently, I used prey procured from nature. My animals never suffered any ill effects at all, but it is not something that I did with any regularity and I would only do it today as a last resort if I had a snake that wouldn't eat captive bred rodents (such as with what Brian discussed). This was just something that I wanted to discuss with other herpers. I go to great lengths to make sure my snakes are happy and healthy, and would never do anything knowingly that would put my snakes (or the general public) in any danger. I am greatly in favor of responsible herping, and that includes feeding.
Thanks again for discussing this with me. I just wanted to see if others had had any experience with this practice, and what the outcomes were. Thanks again for the discussion. I enjoyed it -- the good and the bad!
RP
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- Feeding Burms Wild Prey - RobertPreston, Fri Jun 27 09:22:09 2003
- RE: Feeding Burms Wild Prey - meximullet02, Fri Jun 27 11:09:18 2003
- RE: Feeding Burms Wild Prey - JDP, Fri Jun 27 11:36:40 2003
- Dude you Have issues - Rottenweiler9, Fri Jun 27 11:43:08 2003
- Here are MY thoughts on this,..... Sorry, very long post..... - BrianSmith, Fri Jun 27 15:12:57 2003
 Many thanks . . . - RobertPreston, Fri Jun 27 21:37:24 2003
- In a word, "No," Here's Why.... - tango, Fri Jun 27 16:39:08 2003
- Ok... my actual experience... - meretseger, Fri Jun 27 17:56:37 2003
- Lots of opinionated people w/out any evidence.... - Carmichael, Fri Jun 27 18:56:17 2003
- It's not a snake, but... - Ryan Shackleton, Sun Jun 29 00:07:14 2003
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