It would most likely be more that he is scared of them, I still love when my old man comes around and i walk down the hallway with a 8ft snake he nearly cries!!!
Couldn't have said it better, give them what they need and they wont move, just check out the number of escaped snake threads with happy outcomes, they never seem to wanna leave.Wild snakes roam because they need to find food, shelter, water and the right temperature, and these might be a fair way apart. If you give a wild snake it's optimum conditions and a fairly constant supply of food, it is not likely to stray from that spot, unless chased out.
If you keep them right, it's not cruel.
Cruel is allowing them to have mites, or scale rot untreated. Or keeping them in an unheated fish-tank with no substrate because you can't be screwed to do research on the animal you just bought, or stole from the wild.
Humans have domesticated animals since before recorded time, the only difference between your dog and a captive bred snake is that we are only just beginning to domesticate snakes, so the differences between pet snakes and wild snakes is not so defined.
Animals in captivity, as a whole have good lives. Constant supplies of food, shelter, warmth and medical treatment means that their life span will be considerably longer than in the wild, and in comfort too. We give animals the optimum conditions for them to survive in.
What your Dad needs to realise, is that snakes have a different set of priorities than humans. He is judging what a snake needs, based on what HE needs, he is projecting his own values onto them.
As far as I know, snakes don't care about roaming wild all day, having a massive territory or being able to own something.
Wild snakes roam because they need to find food, shelter, water and the right temperature, and these might be a fair way apart. If you give a wild snake it's optimum conditions and a fairly constant supply of food, it is not likely to stray from that spot, unless chased out.
If he is going to argue that keeping a snake is cruel because it SHOULD be wild or that it WANTS to be outside, then he has to apply the same logic to everything. Keeping cats and dogs is cruel for the same reason. keeping you from doing what you want to do, is cruel for the same reason.
haha and i dont need to have an 8 foot python myne is 60cm and he still runs like the wind hahaIt would most likely be more that he is scared of them, I still love when my old man comes around and i walk down the hallway with a 8ft snake he nearly cries!!!
Hi, my dad believes that it is cruel to keep snakes and that it is unnatural. I'm not saying i believe him although I suppose he has a strong point. I'm all for having snakes as pets but i would like your honest opinions on this?
If you keep them right, it's not cruel.
Humans have domesticated animals since before recorded time, the only difference between your dog and a captive bred snake is that we are only just beginning to domesticate snakes, so the differences between pet snakes and wild snakes is not so defined.
Animals in captivity, as a whole have good lives. Constant supplies of food, shelter, warmth and medical treatment means that their life span will be considerably longer than in the wild, and in comfort too. We give animals the optimum conditions for them to survive in.
What your Dad needs to realise, is that snakes have a different set of priorities than humans. He is judging what a snake needs, based on what HE needs, he is projecting his own values onto them.
As far as I know, snakes don't care about roaming wild all day, having a massive territory or being able to own something.
Wild snakes roam because they need to find food, shelter, water and the right temperature, and these might be a fair way apart. If you give a wild snake it's optimum conditions and a fairly constant supply of food, it is not likely to stray from that spot, unless chased out.
If he is going to argue that keeping a snake is cruel because it SHOULD be wild or that it WANTS to be outside, then he has to apply the same logic to everything. Keeping cats and dogs is cruel for the same reason. keeping you from doing what you want to do, is cruel for the same reason.
Compared to meat and fish industries (at least in rich countries), singling out snake owners seems like compulsive quibbling.
It's a complaint rarely phrased well. It should go: "breeding snakes to live with a lower risk of starvation, fire, flood and what results from happening upon people is worse than snake life in nature because __________."
"Cruelty" seems inapposite. Whenever humans interact with other animals in any sort of large-scale, systematic way, the results are morally dubious at best. Neglect is cruelty and you'll always have that, though it needn't characterize the whole hobby. The real argument looks at the facts of this and their degree, rather than handwaving platitudes about badness and animals.
I think the word cruel is not the right word to use. Owned/imprisoned would be better. Lol
For something to have been raised to know no better, it would be like being locked up in the house with all entertainment and having a carer clean for you and cook for you, your allowed outside for exercise and handling. Not so bad of a life i dont think....
Keeping any animal in captivity CAN be cruel if it's needs are not met. Eg, a cockatoo is an intelligent animal and suffers if kept in a small cage and deprived of mental stimulation. A snake, however, is much less intelligent than a cockatoo, does not require toys to play or even a mate, but does require correct housing, temperature control etc.
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