Blondi vs Mouse

ShaunHolder

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Oh, ok. I see what you mean.

In that case, for your definintion of hunt I'd say no, as far as I know. T's aren't known to travel long distances, and usually stay close to where they where born for the most part. There could be species that do this, but as far as I know there isn't. :)
 

woijchik89

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MizM said:
O.K. makes sense. I am associating "hunt" with creatures who go on long treks to find their prey. Like elephants who wander from place to place when the food supply in one place is exhausted. Thinking a Ts home is it's burrow, and they don't venture far from that, I'm thinking they simply wait and ambush. But there is probably some measure of "looking around" done!
It'll dig more burrows and wait in a different area if nothing comes along for a really long time and it gets hungry (1-2 days sometimes) it will scavange looking for just about anything to consume.

-Ben
 

jonnysebachi

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they are mice people!!!

I can't believe this discussion has gone on for so long. These are just mice, vermin, disease carriers. The spiders are just EATING!!! The confused left wing cool-aid drinking liberals have nothing better to do than make laws about unimportant issues.
 

nightbreed

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Whoa, Frankenstein thread "it lives, it lives"

Quick grab your pitchforks {D {D
 
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jbrd

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WOW talk about dumpster diving on an old thread!
 

Stylopidae

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jonnysebachi said:
I can't believe this discussion has gone on for so long. These are just mice, vermin, disease carriers. The spiders are just EATING!!! The confused left wing cool-aid drinking liberals have nothing better to do than make laws about unimportant issues.
You think this is bad? You should see what happened when someone tried to feed a praying mantis to an emp.

;P
 

jbrd

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Evil Cheshire said:
You think this is bad? You should see what happened when someone tried to feed a praying mantis to an emp.

;P
Do you have the link to it, would be interesting to read it.
 

jbrd

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lol thanks my meager skills in the key word search functions suck ;P
 

Stylopidae

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Yeah...the whole vertebrate feeding debate is stupid. All the arguements follow the same outline
 

Vanisher

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Its better to give a blondi prekilled mice. But i think it is best to give tarantulas insects. I never give mine mice.! Large tarantulas, large insects. Insects are a much better food than mice. CHEERS!!!///Johan
 

KirosReptiles

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Well seeing as this thread has come back up; it is not illegal to feed live prey to captive animals in the UK. Even the RSPCA will (begrudgingly) admit this if asked outright and they are an animal rights organisation not a government legal department.

For those who make reference to the baiting laws, read them! They are targeted specifically at animals restrained and "set upon" by dogs, and in front of an audience.

Can anyone stating that the feeding of live prey is illegal actually produce a Section of any Act which explicitly or even implicitly notes this? Nope. If an animal (snake, lizard, T, whatever) is refusing pre-killed prey then it is perfectly legitimate to feed them a live animal.

I've seen talk of it being "cruel" to feed rodents, but if the law said that then it would also by default be saying it's NOT cruel or illegal to slowly starve a predatory animal to death. Think about it.

The only way live feeding could be deemed illegal was if you purposely made the animal suffer (eg let the predator "torment" it without an actual swift kill) or if you had a captive and paying audience (THEN and ONLY then does it become animal baiting!).

I'm not talking randomly here, I've had clarification from the Home Office, my lawyer, AND the RSPCA. For those who have been "informed" of the supposed illegality of live feeding... are you sure the person who told you wasn't from PETA? LOL
 

Cthulhu1254

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Pheonixx said:
send me a pic of your blondi and i will make you one wayne..
do you know any way i could host the video? so you all can see it.
If you haven't found a host by now, Google runs a free video hosting service. I don't think you need to have a gmail account, but if you do just ask me and I'll give you an invite.
 

Sheri

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Stop with the personal attacks - and the applause encouraging more.

Review the rules and don't force me to private message you to warn you again - it'll be written in Bangladeshian and I'll expect a reply in the same.
 

Stanky105

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If a tarantula would eat a mouse in the wild, it can eat one in captivity. There is no way you could change my opinion on that. Mother Nature is cruel, get over it.
 

KirosReptiles

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Sheri said:
Stop with the personal attacks - and the applause encouraging more.

Review the rules and don't force me to private message you to warn you again - it'll be written in Bangladeshian and I'll expect a reply in the same.
Sorry, which post was this aimed at? I didn't see any personal attacks (unless you removed them, in which case my apologies!) :? :worship:
 
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