Worst day of baby rat's short life: attacked by tree frog and eaten alive by snake
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I first tried to feed this baby (pinky) rat to our White's (dumpy) Tree Frogs. When he turned out to be too big, I fed him to our Ball Python who ate it alive. Ouch.
Answers to frequent questions/comments regarding this video:
Q: Why feed a live baby rat (pinkie) to the frog?
A: Because White's tree frogs eat live food only. They mostly eat crickets. This was not the first baby rat they've been fed, but it was most likely the last.
Q: Why feed a live baby rat to the snake?
A: Because the snake will only eat live food (she used to eat frozen/thawed, but won't any longer). The snake normally kills the rats before eating them, but in this case, the baby rat was too small to suffocate, so she just swallowed it alive. I don't really know that one manner of death was any more painful or scary than the other. The rat was purchased from a reptile store as food for reptiles/amphibians, and that's exactly how it was used. This was not done out of humor or saddism.
Q: Why video it?
A: Because it's interesting and educational. You don't have to watch if it distrubs you. In fact, I would suggest you don't watch nature's life and death cycle if you can't be mature and look at it from an educational perspective.
Q: Don't you have feelings for the rat?
A: Yes, to a degree. We like animals of all kinds. We would probably even keep rats as pets if we didn't have so many other animals to take care of. When we have rats waiting for their feeding day, we keep very good care of them. We try not to become attached, however. But the grown rats are smart and kind of cute.
Nature is brutal. When you buy a snake at a pet store, they warn you about this fact.