Take THAT! Reptile Owners :)
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At the lfs I work at I have to feed the snakes all the time, we feed them frozen mice and rats and live ones for the more stubborn snakes. Honestly its one of my faveorite parts of work, I always enjoy feeding time its exciting. Does this make me a "sadist"? I certainly don't think so.
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I can find 100 more video's if you'd like. Tegu's are actually very good eaters, especially the fact they can eat veggies. Of course everything has their own personality.
Ok, your tegu doesn't eat live mice. Protein is in insects is it not? You can dust the insects for extra vitamins too. Why do you need more? Such as a mouse?
Two completely different smells. And how do you think they become dead?!
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Nutrition
Tegus are typically considered omnivores, although many captive diets do not reflect this tendency. In addition to an assortment of appropriately sized insects (crickets, mealworms, waxworms, roaches), various high calcium fruits should be regularly offered. Willingness to accept fruits will vary from animal to animal, but even a small amount can add a lot of variety and essential nutrients to the tegu diet.
Rodents may be offered, though sparingly, as they tend to be high in fat, and tegus are simply not designed to digest large quantities of fur. Instead, a balanced dietary supplement can be created using raw, ground turkey, whole eggs (with shell), and bone meal or an equivalent calcium/vitamin supplement. This mixture has been widely used by zoos and hobbyists and can safely constitute up 75% of the tegu diet.
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Nutrition
Tegus are typically considered omnivores, although many captive diets do not reflect this tendency. In addition to an assortment of appropriately sized insects (crickets, mealworms, waxworms, roaches), various high calcium fruits should be regularly offered. Willingness to accept fruits will vary from animal to animal, but even a small amount can add a lot of variety and essential nutrients to the tegu diet.
Rodents may be offered, though sparingly, as they tend to be high in fat, and tegus are simply not designed to digest large quantities of fur. Instead, a balanced dietary supplement can be created using raw, ground turkey, whole eggs (with shell), and bone meal or an equivalent calcium/vitamin supplement. This mixture has been widely used by zoos and hobbyists and can safely constitute up 75% of the tegu diet.
I use to have a boa, and i fed her live rats. It was a sight to see, it was pretty cool honestly. The rat would sniff my snakes face, so why would i feel bad. All my morals are right where they need to be. Putting a live rat in a freezer is NO better so your entire view is flawed
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What I like is watching the snakes hunt and strike; it's exciting and fun to watch. I forgot to mention in my post before that I currently have 2 mice and a fancy rat.
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Often times they quickly kill the rodent before putting it in the freezer. Otherwise the rodents will try to get out. Quick death is better than getting swallowed alive.
I have had pet mice, rats, gerbils, snakes, fish, dogs, cats, gators, cows, rams, rays, coons, opossum, etc etc. I can tell you that I have had fish that are smarter than some dogs. Who are you to judge which life holds more value? I assume that you also would never buy any product that is made from animals such as down filled bedding or a real football? Animals used for such products suffer a lifetime of horror rather than just a few minutes. When I feed my snake I always knock the rats in the head real good at least once. They never know its comin' ;-)
Again, morals aside; I have to disagree with you.
1: You're risking significant damage to your snake. A live rodent can seriously injury a snake.
2: I believe most feeder rodents are killed quickly/humanely (with CO2) prior to being frozen.
3: How you or a rodent dies (I think personally) matters. I'd rather die asphyxiating on CO2, then having my ribs slowly broken while my internal organs are being crushed.
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