Animals you would never feed

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

You guys are all going off the deep end of the crazy scale here. You would actually feed a cat or dog to your reptile? I don't care if the cat or dog has already been euthanized. People consider cats and dogs to be part of their family. Would you feed your dead nephew to your reticulated python? What does it matter? He's already dead, right? Why give him a proper burial? Mr. Fuzzles the python is hungry!

Give me a break!

Well who are you to define what is crazy? Should we care that you don't care?

I do not put dogs and cats on the same level as humans. And if a family member requested that he or she be fed to a retic upon passing I would honor that request without hesitation haha!

[Hotchkiss]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

You guys are all going off the deep end of the crazy scale here. You would actually feed a cat or dog to your reptile? I don't care if the cat or dog has already been euthanized. People consider cats and dogs to be part of their family. Would you feed your dead nephew to your reticulated python? What does it matter? He's already dead, right? Why give him a proper burial? Mr. Fuzzles the python is hungry!

Give me a break!

mother nature, When I die and rot I'll be worm food

[SSSSnakes]

Meat is meat. What makes one animal more important than another. I like rats, but I feed them to my snakes. I only feed F/T.

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

You guys are all going off the deep end of the crazy scale here. You would actually feed a cat or dog to your reptile? I don't care if the cat or dog has already been euthanized. People consider cats and dogs to be part of their family. Would you feed your dead nephew to your reticulated python? What does it matter? He's already dead, right? Why give him a proper burial? Mr. Fuzzles the python is hungry!

Give me a break!

Anyone that puts an animal on the same level as a family member must be off the deep end.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

You guys are all going off the deep end of the crazy scale here. You would actually feed a cat or dog to your reptile? I don't care if the cat or dog has already been euthanized. People consider cats and dogs to be part of their family. Would you feed your dead nephew to your reticulated python? What does it matter? He's already dead, right? Why give him a proper burial? Mr. Fuzzles the python is hungry!

Give me a break!

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Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

Meat is meat. What makes one animal more important than another. I like rats, but I feed them to my snakes. I only feed F/T.

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Anyone that puts an animal on the same level as a family member must be off the deep end.

we keep predators.....

they eat meat...

no prey item should be considered off limits,or more important than another...

if cat/dog shelters are euthinising and disgarding the bodies,then surely feeding another animal,is a much better reason for death,no ?

cheers shaun

[mistersprinkles]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

no prey item should be considered off limits,or more important than another...

if cat/dog shelters are euthinising and disgarding the bodies,then surely feeding another animal,is a much better reason for death,no ?

cheers shaun

Actually, those euthanized cats and dogs ARE fed to animals. They're fed to other cats and dogs. They grind them up. It's absolutely true. Here's a link.

Do They Really Use Euthanized Dogs and Cats to Make Pet Food?

It's all over the internet.

[Awaiting Abyss]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

Actually, those euthanized cats and dogs ARE fed to animals. They're fed to other cats and dogs. They grind them up. It's absolutely true. Here's a link.

Do They Really Use Euthanized Dogs and Cats to Make Pet Food?

It's all over the internet.

Yes, but the bad part about that is, the euthanizing chemical is still active in the bodies. It is not altered in any way during the food making process.
^ This is why I started feeding my cats the best food I can provide them.

[ilovemysnake]

Originally Posted by mistersprinkles

You guys are all going off the deep end of the crazy scale here. You would actually feed a cat or dog to your reptile? I don't care if the cat or dog has already been euthanized. People consider cats and dogs to be part of their family. Would you feed your dead nephew to your reticulated python? What does it matter? He's already dead, right? Why give him a proper burial? Mr. Fuzzles the python is hungry!

Give me a break!

i completely agree! i could never do that. i think its so inhumane.

[Hotchkiss]

Originally Posted by ilovemysnake

i completely agree! i could never do that. i think its so inhumane.

what about pigs? Highly intelligent wonderful creatures, No one bats an eye at them being killed and eaten. But once it's a dog/cat Oooooh noooo! I don't like when people take double standards

[ilovemysnake]

Originally Posted by Hotchkiss

what about pigs? Highly intelligent wonderful creatures, No one bats an eye at them being killed and eaten. But once it's a dog/cat Oooooh noooo! I don't like when people take double standards

but i have cats and dogs as well! i think pigs are adorable. i wouldnt feed them to my pet. i consider my pets a part of my family. to feed them to another animal, i couldnt bear.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by ilovemysnake

but i have cats and dogs as well! i think pigs are adorable. i wouldnt feed them to my pet. i consider my pets a part of my family. to feed them to another animal, i couldnt bear.

You don't give meat products to your pets? none that are pork? Would you feed pigs to yourself?(in other words don't you eat pork?)

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by Hotchkiss

what about pigs? Highly intelligent wonderful creatures, No one bats an eye at them being killed and eaten. But once it's a dog/cat Oooooh noooo! I don't like when people take double standards

^^^^^
i totally agree mate

imo pigs are as smart as dogs.....

don't stop me eating a big bacon breakfast

i'm sure i read there's countrys where dog is eaten by humans ?

cheers shaun

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

^^^^^
i totally agree mate

imo pigs are as smart as dogs.....

don't stop me eating a big bacon breakfast

i'm sure i read there's countrys where dog is eaten by humans ?

cheers shaun

Small portions of east and north east asia.

I've eaten dog once just to try it in South Korea. It's called dog soup and to be honest it was pretty damn good.

Not the kind of dog we think about as pets, they are wild dogs like coyotes.

[DragonsEye]

Don't know how common it still is, but dogs were eaten in the Philippines when my Dad was stationed over there 40 years or so ago.

No one is saying to toss your pet Fluffy to your snake if you'd rather bury it instead. Considering the emotional bond you may have formed with Fluffy, such action would be understandable. But with regards to the feral cats and dogs as well as the unwanted/unloved animals euthanized at humane societies? Your attitude is illogical. How is it better to toss them in a landfill rather than allow their death to at least serve a purpose? (Now I would have issues with feeding the cats and dogs live to a snake ... though again, that is exactly what would happen in the wild. But since captive snakes, at least, generally can learn to take prekilled prey, that would be my pref.) Do you also have issues with rabbits and guinea pigs being used as reptile food? In areas of South America, it is common for guinea pigs to be pets as well as people food. I've known farmers who raise a few chicken, pigs, or whatnot for family consumption. While the animals are alive, they are treated very much as pets. But when it comes time for slaughter, that's that.

[Terranaut]

I think that feeding a dead dog from a shelter to a retic vrs feeding a rabbit to the same snake is a just as ludicrous as saying we would only feed white rats over black. Meat is meat. Want to discuss atrocities? Feeding dogs to dogs is somewhere to start. This entire thread is for not.