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This. I see nothing wrong with it whatsoever besides it being a pricey and unneeded meal, but there is no difference in this and feeding it a mouse.And if I may ask how is this any different than feeding anoles or geckos? I could go so far and extend that to nearly any vertebrate prey. Perhaps this cham was a cull? You never know.
Any reasons other than because you love chameleons? I keep pet chickens, and it pains me to watch a live chick being gupled down live by something like a frog or snake, since I know how friendly they can grow up to be. But like the above posters, it was a pretty stupid idea feeding a cham to that pyxie, but only because the guy bought the thing. (In the author's comments you can see him replying to someone stating he purchased it) But being me, I'd rather have an awesome and pretty cham than a fat, ugly, bottomless pit otherwise known as the pyxie frog - But that's just my opinion, I'm not trying to offend frog lovers. An anole lover sure wouldn't like to see someone feeding another anole to a bearded dragon. Rats make GREAT pets too, if you've ever kept one, they're very affectionate. It would break a rat keepers heart seeing the life squeezed out of one by a python. Rodents, insects, reptiles, expensive chameleons...etc... can all be awesome, pretty, affectionate, and worth-while pets. But to the person next door with the 6 foot gator, they're probably just feeders. To each their own!I guess I'm the only one that sees something wrong with feeding chameleons to other reptiles... Chameleons do not compare to other feeder lizards, rats and insects. I'm sorry, but they don't. Even if it's as common as a Veiled. :wall:
Chameleon=Glorified anole/gecko(And much more difficult to care for AND NASTY tempered) sorry thats just how it is.I guess I'm the only one that sees something wrong with feeding chameleons to other reptiles... Chameleons do not compare to other feeder lizards, rats and insects. I'm sorry, but they don't. Even if it's as common as a Veiled. :wall:
To YOU To me anoles are awesome and some of the best lizards out there however I also see how people can feed them to other animals (And I am also guilty of feeding anoles off to other animals back before I really appreciated them) So really I am in no position to complain about that practice. Same goes for mice and rats. And considering that cham got eaten very quickly it was far from inhumane. As another poster stated the only offensive thing to me was how gross the water was.Chameleons do not compare to other feeder lizards, rats and insects.
More offensive to me is how gross that frogs water looks.
Just...just no. You can't compare an animal that actually has the brain capacity to bond with someone and love them to a lizard or a rat. I'm not saying rats can't bond but it isn't quite the same thing. I love my snakes and tarantulas, but they CANT feel love for their keeper. We keep them for ourselves not for their sake. If you think it isn't bad to feed a puppy or cat to your snake than well I think you need to seek help.People are attached to certain animals.
I'm sure more people would be upset if it was a puppy being eaten by a snake or monitor. I wouldnt feed a dog or cat to any of my snakes mainly because that causes bad press with large constrictors. When really overall it wouldnt be too bad of a thing to do considering the gross overpopulation of dogs/cats. There is NO WAY that would ever fly though. Even though everyone in this thread is saying a chameleon / anole is pretty much the same thing. That comparison is VERY close to a dog / rat.
Just...just no. You can't compare an animal that actually has the brain capacity to bond with someone and love them to a lizard or a rat. I'm not saying rats can't bond but it isn't quite the same thing. I love my snakes and tarantulas, but they CANT feel love for their keeper. We keep them for ourselves not for their sake. If you think it isn't bad to feed a puppy or cat to your snake than well I think you need to seek help.
My thoughts exactly, the kid doing this video is obviously doing it for attention, and is probably not a very smart individual. Feeding a 40 dollar plus chameleon to a frog when you could do the same and probably get just a much nutrition from a mouse? Smart guy!Well, logically speaking the "all feeders are equal" argument makes the most sense. But ya know, I've always gotten the impression that the extreme feeders are simply using out-of-the-ordinary prey items simply for the shock value, to show how "bad-ass" their choice of pet predator is, as opposed to being educational or of some sort of benefit to the animal being fed. It seems the frog community has a high ratio of these Beavis and Butthead types. Toss in a mouse, lizard,snake, or whatever and fire up the heavy-metal for mood music!
I dunno. To me, feeding videos sort of give the hobby a bit of a black-eye in regards to people who who already consider keepers of exotics to be a bit odd. But in the end, I don't believe the video in question deserves to be flagged as inappropriate any more than any other feeding video does.