>why would it be illegal? Pet snakes and other such carniverous animals
need
>to eat, and for some such species, gerbils provide better nutrition then
>rats or mice. Many petshops will sell gerbils as LIVE snake food if
someone
>asks for it, which is even worse (horrible for the gerbil/rat/mouse to
>experience plus the snake could get bitten and hurt or killed). Frozen is
>thus more humane for both involved.
It is not illegal to sell frozen gerbils, hamsters, mice, or rats, as
food for carnivorous pets. They must be raised under regulation
according to health, housing, food, etc; be free of diseases, and
humanely killed and properly handled after killing (i.e., flash frozen
to prevent spoilage).
>Sorry that some find it horrific, people in the rat and mouse community
make
>similar comments about their favorite pet species being used as feeders for
>snakes by other people. Rabbit fanciers get upset thinking about other
>people feeding rabbits to snakes, or even eating rabbits themselves. But
>this is all a fact of life. Love your own pets all the more, give 'em a
>treat and tell them how lucky they are to be with you and not "somewhere
>else".
>
>AG
Rats, rabbits, cats and dogs are all eaten in some parts of the
world as food by humans. It may seem unethical and cruel and
inhumane; but it happens. By the same token, do you eat beef,
mutton, pork?
Where does the line end, it is difficult to draw.
Keep your gerbils and other animals, love and care for them
properly, and don't advertise (spread the URL) or bring undue
attention to the place that is selling frozen gerbils then. If you
would manage to get them to stop, someone else would start.
Deb
Rebel's Rodent Ranch
[the name of my clan and rodentry, and I have nothing to do
with the place that's doing the frozen food sales. My animals
are traded live, as pets, to others...or kept as pets for myself]
