Uncommon Snake Foods

[Cazador]

Oh my gosh! How can one thing be hysterical and disgusting at the same time? Thanks for posting.

[abcat1993]

I'm just surprised that it would even try to eat it after the meat has all been ripped off the bones. All that is is feathers and small bones (and maybe some gore)

[Thamnophis]

Great picture!

[Stefan-A]

I'm just surprised that it would even try to eat it after the meat has all been ripped off the bones. All that is is feathers and small bones (and maybe some gore)

Well, it's still a free meal. And there's not much that the garter can't use, even if there's just bones and feathers left.

[GarterGuy]

That was a very cool pic! I've heard that they may eat carrion. As far as captive diet, my Manitoba redsided (T.s.parietalis) used to love frog legs. I could get them in the seafood section of the grocery store. They were WAY too big, so I just cut it up and froze it and gave him some every now and then. Figure they eat lots of amphibians in the wild, so it'd be a good addition, and as far as I know you don't have the problems with B1 deficiency like you do with fish. He also used to like chicken breast meat. (Yeh, I experimented A LOT with him since he was my first snake....LOL).

[Thamnophis]

Please don't buy foglegs.

If you have seen how they are "made' you would understand this.

The frogs (mostly Asian species) are cut in half when they are still alive.

The behand half (the legs and hips) are thrown in a big basket and the other half (the head and so) is thrown away in the bush.
But that part is still alive!!! And stays alive for some time untill they bleed to dead.
Can you imagine how painfull this must be?

Don't get me wrong. This is no personal attack to you, GarterGuy.
But I just want people to know how these froglegs are produced.

Personally I leave a restaurant where I see froglegs on the menu and tell the restaurantowner why I leave.

[GarterGuy]

Please don't buy foglegs.

If you have seen how they are "made' you would understand this.

The frogs (mostly Asian species) are cut in half when they are still alive.

The behand half (the legs and hips) are thrown in a big basket and the other half (the head and so) is thrown away in the bush.
But that part is still alive!!! And stays alive for some time untill they bleed to dead.
Can you imagine how painfull this must be?

Don't get me wrong. This is no personal attack to you, GarterGuy.
But I just want people to know how these froglegs are produced.

Personally I leave a restaurant where I see froglegs on the menu and tell the restaurantowner why I leave.

Yikes!!! No hey, no offense taken....I had no idea! Considering the fact that there's tons of stuff I don't buy, due to the fact of animals being mistreated, it's good to know that this is also something I should avoid. I just don't get people sometimes....how they could be so cruel to another living thing.

[Thamnophis]

People can be cruel for economic reasons, but mostly they just don't give a thing about animals. Only the money they get counts.

[Stefan-A]

I don't think it's so difficult to understand.

These are people who have absolutely no emotional ties to the animals they are being cruel to. Pet owners are the only ones that develop that kind of feeling towards animals and keeping pets is a luxury most people on this planet can't afford. If they keep animals, it's usually so that they can feed their family and you generally try to avoid getting too close to something you are going to have to kill, gut and skin. Anyway, these people feel about as guilty about cutting off living frogs' legs as any one of us would feel about ripping a living vegetable out of the ground and throwing away everything except the root.

Note that I said "understand" in the beginning. Understanding someones actions and approving them is not the same thing. I wouldn't do what they do, but then again, I'm not in a situation that requires me to do it.

[GarterGuy]

I don't think it's so difficult to understand.

These are people who have absolutely no emotional ties to the animals they are being cruel to. Pet owners are the only ones that develop that kind of feeling towards animals and keeping pets is a luxury most people on this planet can't afford. If they keep animals, it's usually so that they can feed their family and you generally try to avoid getting too close to something you are going to have to kill, gut and skin. Anyway, these people feel about as guilty about cutting off living frogs' legs as any one of us would feel about ripping a living vegetable out of the ground and throwing away everything except the root.

Note that I said "understand" in the beginning. Understanding someones actions and approving them is not the same thing. I wouldn't do what they do, but then again, I'm not in a situation that requires me to do it.

I don't know if I totally agree with that. I grew up living on a farm and hunting and fishing. Even an animal that was going to be used as a food source was still treated humanely (I hate that word, since humans don't really treat each other that well!) and it's end made as quick and painless as possible. To this day, I treat all life with a great deal of respect... whether it shares my home with me or simply shares the earth with me. Sorry to get a bit off subject, just something I'm rather passionate about.