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06-Jun-04, 08:35 PM
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Yes it is, if a kitten is around a scrub in the bush (feral cats) the scrub eats it.
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06-Jun-04, 08:37 PM
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Chicken strips don't have blood, bones or fur  |
06-Jun-04, 08:37 PM
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But that isn't natural for a BHP...or is it all for convenience's sake? Where do we draw the line?
Wild snakes don't go to the pet store and purchase a bag of frozen rodents, take them back to their 4x2x2 enclosure, thaw them, and eat them, either.
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06-Jun-04, 08:39 PM
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If cats have removed all the natural prey then it is only fair that they, in turn, act as prey.
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06-Jun-04, 08:41 PM
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Yes it is, if a kitten is around a scrub in the bush (feral cats) the scrub eats it.
| This is true. And good on you Tennille I say, you make a good argument.
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06-Jun-04, 08:41 PM
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It IS natural for a BHP to eat rodents.
What Adam and i are trying to do is simulate nature for our snakes as much as we possibly can for the well-being of our snakes. By this, we feed them as close to what they would eat in the wild as we can.
We would not and do not agree with feeding our snakes pieces of chicken breasts because it isn't as close to nature as can be and it provides nowhere near enough nutritional value.
You keep your snakes the way you like and we'll keep ours the best way.
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06-Jun-04, 08:43 PM
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I think it's a very weak argument. We are gonna feed live and you are bad for feeding pre cut chicken cause it aint natural..... but it's ok to feed them something that although aint natural if they found it in the wild they would eat it? Are you saying that they wouldn't eat chicken strips if the found them in the wild? I personally know someone who has fed wild diamonds chicken necks.
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06-Jun-04, 08:47 PM
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Um, can you get your words straight and make sense??? I don't understand what you're saying.
Magpie said "I think it's a very weak argument. We are gonna feed live and you are bad for feeding pre cut chicken cause it aint natural..... but it's ok to feed them something that although aint natural if they found it in the wild they would eat it?"
WTH???
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06-Jun-04, 08:48 PM
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So it's natural to find cut up chicken breast? Well, if it's natural, then feed it to them.
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06-Jun-04, 08:50 PM
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BHP's DO take rodents in the wild. Where they naturally occur there are an abundance of reptiles, hence the 90% of diet consisting of reptiles.
My BHP's have NEVER had a problem with taking rodents and are very healthy.
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06-Jun-04, 08:51 PM
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Try reading it reaaaaaal slowly, I'm sure you can get it.
Basically - cats and rats aint natural food for them, no matter that they are there now, they aint native to the area. So what the hell is the diference? It's either fully 100% natural or it aint, no in betweens sorry.
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06-Jun-04, 08:54 PM
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yeah rats/mice aren't "natural" either - but define natural!
i think what she is saying that feeding a snake a whole-bodied animal complete with all the trimmings, fur, feet, beak whatever, is more natural than feeding partial cuts of animals.
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06-Jun-04, 08:55 PM
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It is more natural for a BHP to eat rodents which provide nutritional value than feeding ANY snake chicken breasts which provides little nutritional value.
I would much rather feed my snake a full chicken (blood bones and all) than a piece of breast.
Read that slow sorry!!
I'm sick of repeating this point. Some people just don't get it.
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06-Jun-04, 08:56 PM
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Yes Pinkie...that's EXACTLY what i'm saying. I'm glad someone understands me.
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06-Jun-04, 08:59 PM
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Yeah you go babe!!!
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