Deep Blue Sea;4119984; said:
Theres always a healthy fear of animals, its just like someone that owns a pet cobra isnt ganna just stick their hand in the tank in front of the cobras face for no reason because they arnt scared. Thad be rediculous
i know what you mean about the keeping poisonous snake thing like you said if you respect these animals then they pose no risk to you.
but i think what t1karmann meant was that people who are afraid of getting stung by a ray shouldn't start removing stingers/covering them or worse still like the idiots suggested clipping or filing them!
just to stop themselves getting stung.
i think people that remove fangs from poisonous snakes or file down birds of preys beaks and claws are all just as bad.
if you cannot take the risk of getting stabbed/bitten or scratched dont keep them.
that is paramount to animal cruelty unless done by a qualified individual. zoodiver please comment on this!
this thread is getting off subject as it is meant to be about advice on how to remove tube covers from freshly imported rays without harming them.
i would be carefull removing them from small rays as they are often skinny and havent got much muscle mass on the tail so can easily be damaged when trying to remove the tube. often better to wait even just a few days of feeding till they have put a bit of weight on. i have watched someone pull off the stinger when they were trying to take off the tube and a lot of flesh came with it. needless to say the ray died.
so be carefull for the sake of the ray as much as yourself!