I Just Received This Email!!

[Jessika]

I don't really want to be the heartless one, but a snakes gotta eat...what kind of list was it?

It was kind of rude to call it inferior though.

I understand a snake has to eat, but offering it through a mailing list for "snake food only" just because it doesn't get along with its other rats is ridiculous!

That's like me offering Charlie to the local zoo for "free lion food" because he's skittish around people.

[CathyBogart]

Really though, if the rat isn't happy living with other rats, or with the company of people....what kind of life is he looking at anyways? Rats are highly social - I know several rat fanatics who have had rats PTS rather than have them live solitary lives. What difference does it make if the rat was bred for snake food or not? Rats that were bred to be feeders make fine pets.

Perhaps what you should be objecting to is the encouragement of live-feeding. Maybe making a counter-post about the benefits of a frozen/thawed diet for snakes would have a better effect. I can provide you with some gruesome linkks on the topic; if you are interested, PM me.