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<blockquote data-quote="Potatatas" data-source="post: 145793" data-attributes="member: 28273"><p>They are but I think the argument is that insects do not feel pain as we do. Mice definitely DO feel pain but there is a debate over insects so I'd rather go for the "maybe causing pain to insect" option. Another argument is have you listened to the sound a mouse makes while being eaten alive? It's horrific and just feels cruel. If you can stomach it you might be a different kind of person. And if you enjoy the sound then maybe you need psychological evaluation. And my final argument is that feeding live rodents is not at all necessary for Ts. They get more than enough sustenance form insects. Plus it is dangerous for the T. A mouse can bite back and cause a lot of damage. A hungry enough rat has eaten a snake that it was supposed to be prey for so similar could happen between mice and Ts I'd say.</p><p></p><p>Leave the rodents to snakes and even then there is no reason to feed live prey (in most cases as there are snakes that genuinely will only eat live)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We aren't discussing a wild setting. Nature will happen and there's nothing we can do about it in the wild. What we can do in captivity is make sure both prey and pet live safely and pain free for the duration of their lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Potatatas, post: 145793, member: 28273"] They are but I think the argument is that insects do not feel pain as we do. Mice definitely DO feel pain but there is a debate over insects so I'd rather go for the "maybe causing pain to insect" option. Another argument is have you listened to the sound a mouse makes while being eaten alive? It's horrific and just feels cruel. If you can stomach it you might be a different kind of person. And if you enjoy the sound then maybe you need psychological evaluation. And my final argument is that feeding live rodents is not at all necessary for Ts. They get more than enough sustenance form insects. Plus it is dangerous for the T. A mouse can bite back and cause a lot of damage. A hungry enough rat has eaten a snake that it was supposed to be prey for so similar could happen between mice and Ts I'd say. Leave the rodents to snakes and even then there is no reason to feed live prey (in most cases as there are snakes that genuinely will only eat live) We aren't discussing a wild setting. Nature will happen and there's nothing we can do about it in the wild. What we can do in captivity is make sure both prey and pet live safely and pain free for the duration of their lives. [/QUOTE]
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