FL King VS. Corn - Page 2

Gareth · 03-16-04, 07:36 PM

lol what a load of rubbish you know what the kid is saying just think from his point not from a blank point

Lrptls · 03-16-04, 07:42 PM

i think it was a great idea. snakes are my favorite animals but i would have done the same. king snakes naturaly eat other snakes so if i had a corn that was suffering, i would want it to die in a natural way, and it went to good use-it filled another snakes tummy.

Gareth · 03-16-04, 08:01 PM

i think a little more detail on the snake would help ( the corn )

BurmGuy87 · 03-16-04, 08:03 PM

he said non feeding and non thriving? what more ya want haha

Crazycorn · 03-16-04, 08:36 PM

Hmmmm, Who let the jokers in? Ok heres a fact for you, the snake was only 7"s at 8 months of age, Hasn't eaten since december, is an extra male, force feeding is just not good in my opinion especially if you do it for more than a year as you have stated, if the snake was obviously NOT meant to live why force I just don't get it! but hey we ARE ALL entitled to our own opinion, Oh and the king is doing great went right back to mice with no problem and is getting huge. what would you do?

BurmGuy87 · 03-16-04, 08:38 PM

Dont worry man you shouldnt have to explain yourself.....I believe you should let people do as they wish....but at least in this case it was obviously not that big of a deal under the conditions.

I have a friend that fed his Coral Snake a perfectly fine Corn Snake....go yell at him

TheRedDragon · 03-16-04, 08:55 PM

*LOL* Don, yeah, no kidding. I understand why people get touchy about it, but, as I said before, I would do the same thing. It has two benefits: 1. End the corn's suffering and 2. A meal for a THRIVING snake.

**Andy_G** · 03-16-04, 10:41 PM

Cool pic.
I, also, would do the same thing. Some just will never thrive and it's best to end their pain.

marie · 03-16-04, 11:38 PM

what was wrong with the corn ? so he was small was he sick could he not be helped by a vet ? if you just did it for the thrill you have a sick mind . corns are very nice snakes it's like sticking a chiauha in with a bull dog . marie

**Andy_G** · 03-17-04, 01:06 AM

Marie, this baby corn that he fed to the kingsnake will never thrive in captivity. Some snakes won't eat anything in captivity but letting them go in the wild no matter where you live, is a BAD idea. What he did is the most humane way of dealing with that kind of snake.

Crazycorn · 03-17-04, 12:12 PM

I am not sure what was wrong with it but something obviously was, for some reason some hatchlings just don't thrive and make it in nature and become food for other animals its called the circle of life if you do remember, NO I did not do it for fun and I never would as I don't like wasting lives but when there is clearly something wrong as in this case I thought it would be better to end its suffering. In fact I love corns and keep them as pets they are among my favorites and I would not do this unless I felt it be necessary I cant help it if you don't understand but I am glad most people do. Its is however human nature to get emotional over something you feel is wrong or right and I feel I was right in this situation, as for the vet comment I have no exotics vet close by and if I did I am sure they would have given it a appetite stimulate, I don't mean to sound harsh but it irritates me how some people will dog you over something you feel is right. I am not for animal cruelty but I am for ending the suffering of animals that are not able to thrive and probably never will. Oh and so you know this snake died before it was fed to the king and I chose to not let it go to waste.

Syco · 03-18-04, 12:16 PM

Quote "Ok I know its morbid but I did it to put the corn out of its misery, Enjoy the pic."

I guess my question is.... if the corn died before you put it in with the kingsnake, why the statement in the first post?
And if you didn't know what was wrong with the corn, were you not worried about parasites or disease being transmitted to your kingsnake?

creepiecrawlie · 03-18-04, 12:31 PM

I never seen a real pic of one snake eating another. Ohh I like the colors on your king. The kingsnake lived up to its name.

gonesnakee · 03-18-04, 03:25 PM

First off I'll say sorry to those of you whose "Rose Colored Glasses" were smashed with this small dose of reality. Hate to break it to ya but, Life for one being comes at the cost of death to another or others. Laws of nature, facts of life. Lets not be hypocrits here LOL People that work with many animals have to accept the facts of life & yes that sometimes means to live & to let die. Some things are not meant to be, sad but true. Nuff Said. I would not offer the snake to another that was feeding well, but not for the same petty morals presented here. I have Kings that are aggressive feeders that already will bite me just because I have the scent of another snake on me. I do not wish to encourage this activity & think that feeding other snakes as prey would only encourage it & get me bit alot more often LOL. I have offered baby corns (that weren't going to make it BTW) to nonfeeding Eastern Indigos before. They didn't eat them, but most of the E.I. babies last year were started on snake scented mice. I euthanize in the freezer usually & then use the corpses as food etc. rather than just having it become landfill or sewage. Waste not want not it wasn't meant to be so give it a purpose to help other life subsist. I have fed baby snakes to PacMan frogs before though, so hate me if you will as you fed rodent after rodent to your snakes, go BBQ etc etc etc. LOL No one likes everything about life/death & its far from a perfect world.
Mark
P.S. The Chihuahaua example was a pathetic grasp. Everyone knows that Bulldogs don't subsist on Chihuahuas, whereas snakes of all types are being eaten by others of all types worldwide as I type. As well as by birds, lizards, frogs, mammals etc. etc.etc. & vicea versa. Thats LIFE!

Crazycorn · 03-18-04, 06:03 PM

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Syco Quote "Ok I know its morbid but I did it to put the corn out of its misery, Enjoy the pic."

I I euthanized it by putting it in the freezer first and then fed it to the king yes I was worried by parasites but after having it in the freezer for awhile like anoles I believe it to be ok. Thank you all for the concern of the snake being eaten but I did euthanize it first in the freezer it <em><b>was not alive while being fed to the king</b></em>.