not trying to start anything but what Im getting at is that its illegal to feed live "Vertebrates" to snakes as it can cause harm to the snake and could give them diseases/injuries is that right? lol im probably wrong... then why is it legal to feed them if they don't take dead food? wouldn't the facts stay the same the rodent can still cause harm to the snake or get a disease,
again not trying to be rude or anything just curious
its actually more based on causing unecessary stress to both parties (predator and prey) on top of injury, alot of emphasis is put on injuring your own pet cause some individuals wouldn't give squat on the distress on feeder animals and there are some horror pics of feeders fighting back, to put it roughly, you're more likely to care if your pet was/has the potential to be injured kinda thing.
also its viewed as inhumane to the feeder (i.e. rodent, chick, whatever), as on top of stress it does not guarantee a quick and painless death
the fact that this happens in nature is pretty much invalid, as civility dictates we treat animals, whatever their intended purposes are, with respect and a degree of dignity (interestingly, in uni they won't allow us to even dissect pre-killed rats or any other euthanised animals above the neck region because of this statement)
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