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Wes,
I don't see how feeding F/T or live reflects on someones level of devotion...can you elaborate? I know your statement was representative to the majority of reptile keepers who in this case would not be experienced, but for the most part everyone on this board has a great deal of experience. I don't think anyone of those people who feed F/T have any less devotion to their animals than you or I. I could argue that in the safety and love for their animals they don't feed live because they would hate to have something happen to it. Would this make them less devoted? Personally, I feed F/T and supervise every feeding to the end as I get just as much enjoyment out of my reptile eating F/T as I would live. I have done both as well. I also don't believe that a 5 minute encounter with live prey would make an animal any more active than F/T fed ones. Feeders as a stimulus I do agree with you there but to say ones animal is lazier than the next is subjective to many elements. Hell you could just have a super laid back animal on your hands. Animal personality isn't a factor here?

<blockquote data-quote="PuffDragon" data-source="post: 10722" data-attributes="member: 68">Wes,&nbsp; I don't see how feeding F/T or live reflects on someones level of devotion...can you elaborate?&nbsp; I know your statement was representative to the majority of reptile keepers who in this case would not be experienced, but for the most part everyone on this board has a great deal of experience. I don't think anyone of those people who feed F/T have any less devotion to their animals than you or I. I could argue that in the safety and love for their animals they don't feed live because they would hate to have something happen to it. Would this make them less devoted? Personally, I feed F/T and supervise every feeding to the end as I get just as much enjoyment out of my reptile eating F/T as I would live. I have done both as well. I also don't believe that a 5 minute encounter with live prey would make an animal any more active than F/T fed ones. Feeders as a stimulus I do agree with you there but to say ones animal is lazier than the next is subjective to many elements. Hell you could just have a super laid back animal on your hands. Animal personality isn't a factor here?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PuffDragon, post: 10722, member: 68"] Wes, I don't see how feeding F/T or live reflects on someones level of devotion...can you elaborate? I know your statement was representative to the majority of reptile keepers who in this case would not be experienced, but for the most part everyone on this board has a great deal of experience. I don't think anyone of those people who feed F/T have any less devotion to their animals than you or I. I could argue that in the safety and love for their animals they don't feed live because they would hate to have something happen to it. Would this make them less devoted? Personally, I feed F/T and supervise every feeding to the end as I get just as much enjoyment out of my reptile eating F/T as I would live. I have done both as well. I also don't believe that a 5 minute encounter with live prey would make an animal any more active than F/T fed ones. Feeders as a stimulus I do agree with you there but to say ones animal is lazier than the next is subjective to many elements. Hell you could just have a super laid back animal on your hands. Animal personality isn't a factor here? [/QUOTE]

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