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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
Being responsible? Not really. You first come here wanting to feed CHICKEN to a snake. You were willing to stress out a snake for your own pleasure and wants. That's not responsible. You also didn't do any research until you've already captured the animal for a couple of days. That's not responsible either.
This wasn't a rescue of any sort so don't play yourself off as some animal saint.
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Wow, that's very rude of you. The reason I
came here was to
ask if I could feed it chicken because I didn't know much about the species yet. I was hoping that I could feed chicken to it because that would be easier than driving all the way to the city to a place that may/may not have the food that I need. When I found out it was
bad for this species of snake I realized it was not possible for me to feed it to it.
I wouldn't have come here to ask you the question if I was willing to stress it out "for my own pleasure"! How
dare you say that I would have pleasure in harming animals! You do
not know me from a hole in the ground. You are making assumptions.
That's why I asked you guys because I didn't want to feed it the wrong thing and I was just wondering if chicken was bad or not! I found out it was.
I know that many people wouldn't even come and ask but would just keep the snake and it would end up dying.
In this area it is very hard to find certain species of snakes, that's why I kept it for a day to see if it was possible to keep it - knowing it may be years before I see another juvie Milksnake. It's not like I was starving it, they don't eat every day. I gave it a hide, water, humidity, everything it needed. I then spent
HOURS researching (something I do with any animal I keep as a pet, wild or not) to find out if I could keep it. I read about chicken and snakes, I read about milk snakes, about this particular species, read about it's current status in Ontario, etc... I could have gone against my better judgement and
kept it, but I didn't.
Never did I say I was rescuing this snake. I said I rescued a bird once. Also, never did I say I was a saint.
Many animals kept as pets are wild caught. This snake was a juvie - I would not like to capture an adult snake and keep it - an animal that has known the wild for years taken and put in a tank would be cruel.
It is
not irresponsible to
ask questions when you are not sure about something. I hope you don't tell your kids (if you have any) things like that.
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