Rule of thumb in my opinion, if you have to perform body modification on an animal, it doesn’t sound like it was ever worth keeping. Clipping bird wings, deforming monkey thumbs, declawing cats, etc. make me cringe bad.
People sadly do all those things. People declaw cats because cat claws can get sharp enough to get into fabric, and the people who declaw their cats either don’t realize cat claws are a part of their fingers or don’t care. People dethumb monkeys because it hinders their ability to weaponize their surroundings, again because all they seem to care about is showing off their pet.
Personally, I would caution against pet castration/neutering/spaying even though it’s not up there with the other things. When it comes to this, you’re just trading some problems for other problems, and it still says a bit about the act of owning them.
I would caution against pet castration/neutering/spaying even though it’s not up there with the other things. When it comes to this, you’re just trading some problems for other problems, and it still says a bit about the act of owning them.
Castration is pretty much a necessity for some pets. Unless you want your house to stink like a crossover between a zoo and a public toilet.
Spiders bite, inject venom and feed through their fangs (Chelicerae). If you remove them the spider won’t be able to bite and more importantly, eat, anymore. So you can’t keep a defanged spider for very long …
I’m sorry, but the asshole here is your friend. First of all, “defanging” a spider will just kill the spider, slowly (see comment below).
And while they certainly aren’t for everybody, they actually are excellent pets if you know what you’re doing. Hell, I’ve kept a dozen Pterinochilus murinus, which are indeed assholes, still never got bitten.
People shouldn’t keep pets if they don’t know how to care for them.
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Rule of thumb in my opinion, if you have to perform body modification on an animal, it doesn’t sound like it was ever worth keeping. Clipping bird wings, deforming monkey thumbs, declawing cats, etc. make me cringe bad.
Why the fuck would anyone declaw a cat??? Or the thing with a monkey?
But I don’t entirely agree with you - with some pets you need to cut their balls.
People sadly do all those things. People declaw cats because cat claws can get sharp enough to get into fabric, and the people who declaw their cats either don’t realize cat claws are a part of their fingers or don’t care. People dethumb monkeys because it hinders their ability to weaponize their surroundings, again because all they seem to care about is showing off their pet.
Personally, I would caution against pet castration/neutering/spaying even though it’s not up there with the other things. When it comes to this, you’re just trading some problems for other problems, and it still says a bit about the act of owning them.
Castration is pretty much a necessity for some pets. Unless you want your house to stink like a crossover between a zoo and a public toilet.
I mean when it’s unnecessary. In many pets it is necessary, but many people do it just because it’s the norm.
When it comes to odor though? I’d cope.
Wtf … wy would you defang tarantulas ⁉️⁉️⁉️
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I’m sorry, this makes no sense.
Spiders bite, inject venom and feed through their fangs (Chelicerae). If you remove them the spider won’t be able to bite and more importantly, eat, anymore. So you can’t keep a defanged spider for very long …
Yeah rip my fangs out id be an asshole as well
I’m sorry, but the asshole here is your friend. First of all, “defanging” a spider will just kill the spider, slowly (see comment below).
And while they certainly aren’t for everybody, they actually are excellent pets if you know what you’re doing. Hell, I’ve kept a dozen Pterinochilus murinus, which are indeed assholes, still never got bitten.
People shouldn’t keep pets if they don’t know how to care for them.