RTC eats a rat

[bettagurl]

sad.. what a waste..

I have to agree. It did not have to be alive either.
I have kept mice as pets, they a great little guys, very sad to see one go like this.

Whatever floats your cruelty boat, I guess.

 

[bettagurl]

...Red Tailed Catfish diet in the wild consists of fish, large crustaceans and, surprisingly, fruit. Very small juveniles should be fed twice a day and it is a good idea not to let them get used to live food at an early age. This will prevent problems with refusing other types of food later in life. Bloodworms, earthworms and good quality pellets or tablets designed for carnivorous catfish are a good staple diet when they are young. As larger juveniles, Red Tailed Catfish can be fed once a day with similar types of food. As they grow, their diet can be altered to include small shrimp and crabs, with the occasional treat of shellfish and beef heart. As adults, feeding should be done once or twice a week, with a period of fasting in between meals. At adult size, most Red Tails will ignore foods such as bloodworms and pellets as they are simply not large enough to satisfy their predatory appetites. At this stage, large portions of shrimp, crabs and beef heart are the best source of protein for these monsters. Feeders can be used for adult fish, but they will need to be of a larger size that those offered to large, predatory cichlids.....

Nothing about feeding live mammals to them.

 

[le patron]

a bit self contridicting dont cha think?

um, actually no. not at all. how is that self contradicting? i agreed that its a sad waste to feed it a live rat.

please explain your statement

also, while your at it, look up self contradicting in the dictionary.

 

[tcarswell]

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+16872&pcatid=16872

Try this instead, much better for him.

You are getting a much bigger tank soon too, right?

Werd massivore pellets .... A rat .. Cmon

 

[bettagurl]

Werd massivore pellets .... A rat .. Cmon

You must be male. LOL

 

[TLkmDN]

dont feed hairy things its bad for the RTC cuz the furr will cause digestion problems. also dont feed such a large mouse cuz it takes ages for the creature to die. pretty freaking mean dude. karma

 

[halfnelson]

No need to get worked up. It's just a rat ... they are meant to be eaten. Remember when Australia was overrun with mice due to lack of natural predators?

If hawks, storks, owls, cats, foxes, ferrets, snakes, toads, lizards, alligators, fish, and ect. didn't eat rats ... the earth would be covered with them.

Don't believe me? Go see this movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067991/

 

[Druu]

No need to get worked up. It's just a rat ... they are meant to be eaten. Remember when Australia was overrun with mice due to lack of natural predators?

If hawks, storks, owls, cats, foxes, ferrets, snakes, toads, lizards, alligators, fish, and ect. didn't eat rats ... the earth would be covered with them.

Don't believe me? Go see this movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067991/

That was a mouse, not a rat. I clicked the link expecting to see a properly housed 3-4 ft RTC in a pond take an adult rat. You disappoint, both with the mouse and inadequate housing conditions.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

 

[Jamieishard]

that was crazy....awesome...