Chubbs eating a mouse

[JkiddReptiles]

Tegus Feeding on live animals is the normal process that occurs in nature, they are made for it, their instincts tell them to kill the mouse and eat it. I agree that putting a large rat with a small tegu or a snake in a confined space and leaving them alone would result in a dead or severely injured animal. In this video this was not the case. One could argue that never ever feeding live, is deliberately denying the true nature of the animal and forcing them to become a whimpy freak of nature that can't take care of itself.
The second point about feeding in public. I assume the concern is for the animal and not the humans looking at it. We all know that even a starved reptile that is stressed will not eat. So if this tegu was actually bothered by people looking at it eat, there would be NO video to comment on, end of story.

Couldn't have said it better my self. Thank you Grendel. I'll make updates of Chubbs or a thread for him.

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I never stated it's illegal. I said it was irresponsible, which I still believe it was.

Well its what you believe man. I can't force you to think other wise.

 

[DavidRosi]

Well said.

 

[TeguBuzz]

I have nothing against live feeding, but prefer to feed frozen thawed for safety reasons. The only things I find wrong about this video are; being fed on a table, the mouse is a little too big for the tegu (manageable though), and the sheer number of kids surrounding the tegu and all that commotion could just make a stressful environment. All in all, I'm glad it all worked out fine and the tegu was not injured.

 

[KABIKANO]

Boo hoo hoo. Gladiator style all the way! Go Chubbs!!!

 

[DavidRosi]

Got so much time for your input bro ! Haha

 

[JkiddReptiles]

I have nothing against live feeding, but prefer to feed frozen thawed for safety reasons. The only things I find wrong about this video are; being fed on a table, the mouse is a little too big for the tegu (manageable though), and the sheer number of kids surrounding the tegu and all that commotion could just make a stressful environment. All in all, I'm glad it all worked out fine and the tegu was not injured.

Thank you for your concern. Next time i'll feed him in a plastic tub. If I ever feel like he will be stressed out i'll feed him without a crowd. Also the mouse looks bigger in the video than it really was.