THIS IS GROSS... poor kittens...

[Suki Wingy]

This is exactly why I adopted my one-eyed rat Winkie. I was putting the ratties in their habitats at the pet store I work at, when I noticed he only had one eye. I asked my manager if anyone would buy a one-eyed rat and she said that she didn't think the snake cared whether or not his dinner had one eye or two. I was totally repulsed and decided right then and there to adopt him and give him a wonderful life with me and my fur (and a bald dude) kids. He is THE most wonderful little guy. Very social (and spoiled). My cats are intrigued by him but they don't bother him.

The guy who feeds live animals to his snake is a jerk. At the pet store I work in, we have "Micecicles" which are dead, frozen mice to feed to snakes. I get a serious attitude whenever someone comes in to buy a rodent for their stinking snake, and try to discourage them. Never works though.

*sigh* At least there's one rattie that ain't gonna be no snake's dinner.

Excuse me. I think I said what you quoted. I have a bunny who I love very much, my dad had rats who I also loved very much. I'm saying what is the difference between a rat and a cat emotionally? I said what you quoted because I think the OP was tying to imply that kittens are higher up/ more important than rats or bunnies. Snakes need to eat too.

[TamanduaGirl]

I had a pet chicken growing up she was really smart and I tought her to sit on command, that looked funny.

I have a pet rabbit now.

I have eaten and will continue to eat both chickens and rabbits just not my pets though when I have land may raise my own for food but they wont be pets.

I don' see the problem either with feeding kittens but they shouldn't be fed alive. They should be euthanized in some way that isn't to cruel or harmful to the snake, like a broken neck. The frozen mice that are fed are gased then frozen by the better mice for food breeders.

If I'm going to eat meat or have a pet that eats meat or even just own a pet I don't see myself having the right to say others shouldn't use animals the way they see fit as long as there is not abuse or cruelty. Feeding live is mean to the kitten but it's also mean to mice and potentialy harmful to the snake in both cases. You only rarely get a snake that will only eat live then, well you do what you must and it is usualy over wuickly for the "prey" but it's really better to feed frozen-thawed "whatever you choose"

It's not actualy illegal here to do that to a kitten. The person isn't dirrectly causing harm to the animal. Cruelty laws are not all encompasing and vary from state to state and cunty to county like most laws. I think they should apply to all animals that they be treated humanely till death even if that happens to be slaughter for humans or fed to a snake intead of old age.

Heck it's been scientificly prooven even plants scream, we just can't hear it. It's the cercle of life and I choose to admit I'm part of it. It's just a shame government says i must be poisoned for the worms with "embaming"