>From: Tyler Nicholas Mills <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Feeding Mice Is still WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!! > >To respond to MC...... > >I Think that having ferrets play with a live animal, Is the Most >HORRIBLE DISGUSTING AND VILE thing that I have EVER heard. Our ferrets >are raised to be our loving companions. NOT KILLERS. And your little >food for thought......I live In a home with 4 Dogs, 3 cats, 12 ferrets, >1 bird, 1 gerbil, and 1 rabbit. Our dogs DO NOT kill.... Our cats are >not allowed outside except for our screened in porch. The ferrets are >fed Kibble which is what they are meant to eat. They occasionally eat >chicken meat....cooked... But I would NEVER in a Million freakin years >offer a live...Defenseless mouse to them for STIMULATION... Take them >outside and let them smell the fresh air, explore the dirt and grass... By gosh, I'm convinced. Your disjointed judgemental ranting and overuse of capitals have certainly changed the way I look at things 9_9; You need to relax - calm down and accept that other people have a different viewpoint, which is just as valid as your own, like it or not. Especially when you're saying things like "the ferrets are fed Kibble which is what they are meant to eat". "Meant" by whom, the companies that make pet biscuits? People who think feeding raw meat is icky? Whether or not dry food is a /better/ diet, it's ridiculous to deny that it is an /unnatural/ one. It sounds like you have trouble dealing with the idea that your pets are carnivorous at all. And hey, you can feed your pets whatever you like - but you don't have the right to tell others that their method of feeding is "WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!" because you don't want to admit that your pets are killers by nature. Despite how cute and fuzzy they may be, despite how well you may keep them contained (and I certainly believe that's the responsible thing to do with cats in particular - but only to keep them from killing endangered species and such, not to keep them from killing at all), you can't deny what they /are/. And while you have the right to raise them how you see fit, yelling at other people about how your way is the only right one is way out of line. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fox Lee: The Girl Your Mother Warned You About http://hypercrescendo.net/foxlee/fls/ http://www.furbiddenrealms.com http://blurty.com/users/leechimera/ "I long ago gave up believing in gods in favour of believing in people." [Posted in FML issue 5198]