Are you kidding me? Have you ever handled one?Mice don't bite, so no worries there.
He's probably new to the hobby... Or at least to mice...Are you kidding me? Have you ever handled one?
You're right there is nothing wrong with feeding rodents to pedes but taking pictures and posting them online "as a treat" is sick and will eventually get our hobby banned. I'm not delivering personal attacks. I'm merely saying that this thread is unneccessary.I think y'all are over reacting. The guy wanted to see what happens when a centipede eats a mouse, there is nothing wrong with that, IMO.
A little morbid fascination is nothing to fret about. And definitely no need for personal attacks.
BoaConstrictor, where did he make the "mice don't bite" comment?
And yes...mice do bite. And quite hard. It could easily kill or wound a centipede.
I disagree with the "get our hobby banned" comment. People with snakes post pictures of their snakes eating mice all the time. And some time the mouse will pop and yet people don't seem to react like this. Aside from a few "eww's" and "gross!!" no one seems to care. Things like feeding a mouse to a centipede is no danger to the hobby, IMO.You're right there is nothing wrong with feeding rodents to pedes but taking pictures and posting them online "as a treat" is sick and will eventually get our hobby banned. I'm not delivering personal attacks. I'm merely saying that this thread is unneccessary.
The "mice don't bite" comment must have been deleted but it was there.
Mice are often the stable animal for the "If it killed the mouse it could kill us!" or "What if that was a child?" reaction, just look at the LD50 test. Have you seen the current state of the snake hobby lately, or most live animal hobbies for that matter? All the mice feeding pics I have seen were humanely prekilled mice, that were killed by CO2 overdose. Which is the only euthanization method accepted by the AVA for rodents. More humane of a death than the meat we eat.I disagree with the "get our hobby banned" comment. People with snakes post pictures of their snakes eating mice all the time. And some time the mouse will pop and yet people don't seem to react like this. Aside from a few "eww's" and "gross!!" no one seems to care. Things like feeding a mouse to a centipede is no danger to the hobby, IMO.