Comments on: Switching a pet snake from live to frozen food http://pet-snakes.com/switching-pet-snake-to-frozen?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switching-pet-snake-to-frozen Guide to caring for and keeping snakes as pets Thu, 03 May 2012 11:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ripster47 http://pet-snakes.com/switching-pet-snake-to-frozen/comment-page-1#comment-1292 Ripster47 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/?p=58#comment-1292 I agree that humaneness on the part of the rodent isn't the strongest reason for pushing for frozen food. And even though snakes do eat live food in the wild, it is our responsibility as pet owners to give the snakes a safer more healthy environment than they would have in the wild. Many wild snakes die during encounters with live prey in the wild, and all it takes is a well placed bite or scratch by a prey item to cripple your snake for life, or worse. I do my damnedest to feed all of my snakes F/T food items for the safety of the snake, as well as the convenience to me. Animals should always be treated with respect, but some animals eat other animals, to me that is the most humane way for a rodent to be killed. But I still do not advocate feeding live food to snakes if it can at all be avoided. I agree that humaneness on the part of the rodent isn’t the strongest reason for pushing for frozen food. And even though snakes do eat live food in the wild, it is our responsibility as pet owners to give the snakes a safer more healthy environment than they would have in the wild. Many wild snakes die during encounters with live prey in the wild, and all it takes is a well placed bite or scratch by a prey item to cripple your snake for life, or worse. I do my damnedest to feed all of my snakes F/T food items for the safety of the snake, as well as the convenience to me. Animals should always be treated with respect, but some animals eat other animals, to me that is the most humane way for a rodent to be killed. But I still do not advocate feeding live food to snakes if it can at all be avoided.

]]> By: Pet Snakes http://pet-snakes.com/switching-pet-snake-to-frozen/comment-page-1#comment-1250 Pet Snakes Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:52:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/?p=58#comment-1250 Well said! I personally feed frozen/thawed because it is easier but I have absolutely no qualms about feeding live when necessary. Well said! I personally feed frozen/thawed because it is easier but I have absolutely no qualms about feeding live when necessary.

]]> By: Renwdmindz http://pet-snakes.com/switching-pet-snake-to-frozen/comment-page-1#comment-1249 Renwdmindz Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:17:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/?p=58#comment-1249 I feed my ball python live mice.  It's funny to me that people say it's inhumane to the prey animal.  So it's ok that a snake eats live prey naturally (in the wild) but not ok to keep that process going when they're captive.  Maybe it's inhumane to have a pet and not keep it in as natural a setting as possible.  People must remember that although we want to be civilized, pets are still animals and deserved to be treated like animals:they are not human. Everything animals do is not going to make perfect sense to a human! With that said I'm not saying I disagree with the benefits of frozen prey, I just believe that people need to stop saying it's inhumane to feed live prey. Let's let the humans be humans and the animals be animals. I feed my ball python live mice.  It’s funny to me that people say it’s inhumane to the prey animal.  So it’s ok that a snake eats live prey naturally (in the wild) but not ok to keep that process going when they’re captive.  Maybe it’s inhumane to have a pet and not keep it in as natural a setting as possible.  People must remember that although we want to be civilized, pets are still animals and deserved to be treated like animals:they are not human. Everything animals do is not going to make perfect sense to a human!

With that said I’m not saying I disagree with the benefits of frozen prey, I just believe that people need to stop saying it’s inhumane to feed live prey. Let’s let the humans be humans and the animals be animals.

]]> By: Koolpopjones http://pet-snakes.com/switching-pet-snake-to-frozen/comment-page-1#comment-989 Koolpopjones Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:29:00 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/?p=58#comment-989 good advice. i feed my ball python live all the time and i do supervise every feeding to make sure no harm comes to my snake. good advice. i feed my ball python live all the time and i do supervise every feeding to make sure no harm comes to my snake.

]]> By: Lumene http://pet-snakes.com/switching-pet-snake-to-frozen/comment-page-1#comment-896 Lumene Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:54:58 +0000 http://pet-snakes.com/?p=58#comment-896 Um, Hi... <br>I would just like to point out one small detail... <br>Snakes have been fed cooked meat before. As in, steak meat. It was a lab test to measure digestion. One adolescent burmese was given a rat and the other a cooked chunk of steak. Both were monitered for five days and the burm who ate the steak digested faster and easier than the snake given the rat. <br> <br>Also, when snakes need to be nursed back to health it is good to give them a smoothie, a mixture of barely cooked liver and yogurt and inserted through a feeding tube into the throat. (Trust me, I'm doing it every week until my rescue can eat again.) <br> <br>Other than that note, love your articles! Um, Hi…

I would just like to point out one small detail…

Snakes have been fed cooked meat before. As in, steak meat. It was a lab test to measure digestion. One adolescent burmese was given a rat and the other a cooked chunk of steak. Both were monitered for five days and the burm who ate the steak digested faster and easier than the snake given the rat.

Also, when snakes need to be nursed back to health it is good to give them a smoothie, a mixture of barely cooked liver and yogurt and inserted through a feeding tube into the throat. (Trust me, I'm doing it every week until my rescue can eat again.)

Other than that note, love your articles!

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