Posted on 07/21/2021 11:33:22 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Monday night, drivers along Theodore Street in Joliet got a shock, when a 10-foot long ball python slithered across the road, stopping four lanes of traffic.
...The owner, who did not say how his pet got out, took the pet home without further incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at wjol.com ...
They oppose live feedings *and* they do not “enjoy” watching other people do that.
So basically you dislike live feedings because mainly of the possibility of the prey item injuring or even killing the pet snake, and also because you’re not comfortable with the prey possibly suffering.
It’s very rare for prey to suffer. Constrictors cause a massive blood pressure spike which results in unconsciousness followed by a stroke, heart attack, or aneurysm. The death is quicker than most farm harvesting of animals. The idea that they suffer as they suffocate has been disproven.
I’ve heard it. So your disapproval of live feeding is basically just the possibility of the prey harming or killing the snake, then?
As they are an invasive species I would have not stopped except to back up.
Two thumbs-up
Maybe but you cannot sit with them on the sofa for very long, at all.
/God I hate logical fallacies
Not sure what the point you’re belaboring actually is.
They are not. They are wild animals & an invasive species.
If you don’t want one, don’t get one. Don’t dare tell me I can’t own one.
Public safety issue. Your "right" to own deadly, undomesticated animals doesn't exist.
Gee, ya think? Obviously the humor of the story was way, way over your head.............Not surprising.
Pet owners should be allowed to decide how best to feed their snakes.
Just one aspect of it. There really isn’t a need to feed live prey in most cases.
Cats are an invasive species... do you feel the same about them?
“They are not. They are wild animals & an invasive species.”
So are cats and dogs. Domestication is judged by how much an animal is bred to tailor fit the perceived need by humanity. Given this, the most domesticated animal in the world is the ball python.
“Public safety issue. Your “right” to own deadly, undomesticated animals doesn’t exist.”
You are safer with a large constrictor than you are with dogs, cats, or any domestic livestock. Each year in the US, there are over 70 deaths by dogs, 30 by cats, and 0.43 deaths by all pet reptiles.
You honestly sound like a gun grabber with the uneducated rhetoric you are spewing. Educate yourself then we can talk, until then, your baseless opinion is meaningless.
“Boas and Pythons are intelligent and affectionate animals who can become very attached to their owners.”
You’re saying snakes not only recognize different humans, but they feel emotion? Is there any communication?
I know dogs inside and out, and how to create a sense of pleasure in dogs I meet. How they exchange displays of openness and emotion, and communicate, and how to find itchy spots they get pleasure from having rubbed.
But what do you do like that with a snake?
I have snakes that like to cuddle, have their chins rubbed, or like to rub through my hair. Yes, snakes can tell individual people apart and can sense a bad person or a good person just like a dog can. They show their emotions differently than mammals and their body language is different but it is there. Some snakes are even ticklish. Some like being tickled. Others like being helped while shedding, while another wants to be left alone. They are far more complex than most people will ever realize. The trick is learning how to understand them. They rely on posture and movement to convey communication. I can look at a snake and tell if it’s in a good mood or I should leave the enclosure closed up. Snakes can and will beg for food. It’s kinda cute actually. Some want to come out and hang with you. I have a retic that likes the top of her head massaged.
“It’s very rare for prey to suffer. “
I’m not so sure. I had a really dumb science teacher with a python about six inches across at the fattest point, who made a big show of feeding it live rats over the year so the class could see “science.” I only watched once, but that little rat’s tail and leg were going for I’d say 30 seconds to a minute or so. Maybe they have to be over a certain size or something.
Idiots in the class were so enthralled they wanted to get him a chicken and do it again, and the teacher said if they got him one he would do it. It wasn’t a pleasant sight, and I never bothered to look at any other times he was doing it.
Fascinating. Do you use body language in some form to communicate with them?
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