do you feed live food to lizards

[Red-Ink]

Vertebrates are protected by the animal cruelty act and invertebrates are not. That is why you can feed live inverts and cannot feed live verts. End of discussion.
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Mentioned on page one.... sadly i think it was ignored.

 

[Ally04]

At least these posts are good for a laugh when I can't sleep u can just tell by the titles of the posts if there's going to be a heated discussion inside lol

 

[Darlyn]

they take nice live warm possums , bilbys , bushrats , wallabies , koalas, parrots , cats , baby birds in nests ,......the list goes on.

Koalas? Wow what snake eats Koalas, yuck!

 

[PhilK]

yeah right...... !

hit a nerve there didnt it ............ and who gave you the right to end the discussion

No mate you certainly didn't - I was merely pointing out the stupidity of your argument.

 

[Tildy]

Man this thread got funny! Certainly put a smile on my face. As far as the pain feeling thing goes, there is still debate in research circles about weather insects feel pain or not and no one is going to make legislation based on "that might possibly be the case" unless its going to make them alot of money or benefit them in some other way. Insects are low down on the government's worry list and weather they can feel pain or not is not proven conclusively. No one can debate that mammals feel pain because it's been proven in too many different mammals including humans.

The reason live prey is more of a danger to your snake in captivity is that they can't get away from each other. In the wild the prey attacks for long enough to escape, then it runs. In captivity, where is it gonna run? You have put them in a sudden death cage match with only two possible scenarios, either rodent dies or snake dies. Flight is no longer possible so fight it must be.

If these answers are unsatisfactory then become an entemologist, prove insects can feel pain and change the laws.

 

[saximus]

Tildy I think that was the most reasoned, sensible post in this thread. It only took five pages to get there :/

 

[Tildy]

Thank you. This thread has meandered more than somewhat, like I said, amusing tho.

 

[Bedella]

Koalas? Wow what snake eats Koalas, yuck!

Thy are like eucalyptus lollies

 

[dihsmaj]

koalas

Koalas have no natural predators.