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Does nobody care about the snake?

I dont know if anybody has watched the video about the snake eating the guinea pig that was just posted on here on this spot, but I felt I had to say something. I work in a pet shop and I love animals I have got loads myself but I know that sometimes you have to feed a snake live food weather it be mice,rats,guinea pigs or sometimes even rabbits because some snakes just wont eat dead food, now with that in mind would u rather the snake starve to death because it wont eat dead food? What would u do if it was your pet snake?
 DeanandSam posted over a year ago
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selena-demifan said:
If the snake was my pet I know that snakes got to live and that he would be my responsibility. So I would ask a vet or an animal scientist what to feed him. I know that it would be hard to see the snake eat live food because I really love animals too. (I want to be a vet when I'm older.) But the would have to get food somewhere and he would be my responsibility. So i would feed him some alive but I would probably feed him something more like mice.
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Yeah thats what Im trying to point out, but as the snake gets bigger then its gonna need bigger food cos a little mouse just isnt gonna cut it. The pet shop where I work sells more mice and rats as food for snakes than it does for pets.
DeanandSam posted over a year ago
uRie_RosS said:
i have care about snake. honestly i have snake in my home, i adopt from my aunt. a lot people is afraid of snake, but thats not means they not care about them. have a snake is hard, we need to feed it with a mice everyday, now, how bout' the mice? rats, pigs and a lot more? they more nice than a snake. and yes, people is cruel, they kill a snake for make a silly acsesories. dont buy it! so u care of a snake or even the other animals
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I care about all animals I wouldnt work in a pet shop if I didnt, but the snake needs to eat right? If it was in the wild then the snake would have to go and catch the mouse or whatever it eats wouldnt it?
DeanandSam posted over a year ago
Bookaholics said:
A science teacher at my school has a snake and she breeds gerbils right in the classroom for it to eat. One year we had student council in that classroom, and at first I was really freaked out because there was a big sign on their cage that said 'DO NOT GET ATTACHED TO US. WE ARE FOOD.', but after a while you think, hey, there's a lot of animals that like their prey live. For example, a certain type of bear that lives near me will only use live animals for food. My mother taught me very young that if I ever encountered it, just to lie still and pretend to be dead, and it wouldn't attack. That may sound obvious, but there's another kind of bear that will eat you whether you're alive or dead. There are just some animals that need live prey. Life is harsh. Learn to deal.


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Thats excatley the point I was trying to make, some animals just need live food to survive and it wouldnt be fair to say 'Im not gonna feed you mice, rats etc just because its cruel to them' like you said life is harsh. learn to deal
DeanandSam posted over a year ago
Mistyflower said:
if i had a snake, id grab a couple mice, put them in the tank, then run out of the room and slam the door.
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i'm with you i know it needs live food and sometimes it needs something more bigger than rats but i still couldn't watch it
jedigal1990 posted over a year ago
HSJ said:
i hate snakes.
why people kill snakes.
because the snakes may eat the human.
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thats your opionion but really not all snakes eat humans and humans kill way more snakes just for their skin or out of fear than snkaes killing humans so get your facts straight please before saying how bad snakes are
jedigal1990 posted over a year ago
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So true. I am not a fan of them, but it doesn't mean I wish them all dead.
18wanda posted over a year ago
jedigal1990 said:
i agree with you yes its harsh but its life i mean we eat animals to no they are not alive but like you said some animals have to eat live animals to survive so yes its harsh and cruel but its life snakes are animals too sure people don't think they are as cute as some others but they are still animals and derseve and need our respect and understanding as well as our love
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18wanda said:
Snakes are emotionless cold animals and really are no benefit to people as pets. I can tell you that the mice and rats I have are way more loving than a snake will ever be. But don't get this wrong. I don't wish all the snakes to die just because of their diet. I just do not think they make ideal pets, and if you had to choose between the rat and the snake, go with the rat.
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penguinsfan said:
i`m kinda scared of snake but that doesent mean i want them all dead cuz i love animals like onetime i saw this bird that a person abandoned and it waz hurt so i helped it till it could fly and set it free.so yeah snakes desrve love and life to.just not by me cuz of my phobia:)
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snZ_ladysamurai said:
i would not keep a snake for a pet because snakes are wild animals and i think it is best to let them stay in their natural habitat

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