Ensuring Animal Welfare: Ethical Animal Husbandry at RodentPro

Animal welfare focuses on ensuring animals have a high quality of life. It is a complex subject that encompasses the animal’s physical and mental well-being, including how they cope with their environment. Key components of animal welfare include:

Physical Health

Animals must have consistent access to food and water and be free of disease, injury and pain. Feeder animals should be well-nourished and healthy. A controlled environment, where they are not subject to extreme temperatures or unsanitary conditions, contributes to their physical health. Handling should always be done humanely to ensure the animal’s well-being.

Mental Health

Scientists agree that most animals have feelings, including contentment, frustration, fear and stress. Animal welfare guidelines consider an animal's mental health, aiming to minimize negative experiences to promote overall health. Focusing on enrichment, such as varying the animal’s diet and enclosure is very important to its mental health.

Normal Behavioral Expression

Another aspect of animal welfare is the idea that animals fare best when they can express natural behaviors. Appropriate environments allow for animal autonomy and activities that align with their species’ instincts.

Choosing the Right Supplier

When considering a supplier for your feeders, consider these factors to prioritize animal welfare:

• Biosecure facilities
• Cleaning, sanitizing and maintenance best practices
• Euthanasia compliant with the American Veterinary Medical Association
• Transparent practices and procedures
• Credible references and positive customer reviews

Whether you are a zoo, breeder or individual reptile owner, it’s important to ask questions and do research to ensure your feeders come from a supplier that prioritizes humane care.

Our dedicated team provides routine veterinary care and daily monitoring for our animals. Our commitment to animal welfare is part of the company culture at RodentPro.com. We ensure that every staff member always provides the highest level of humane and compassionate care to our animals.

RodentPro.com utilizes Carbon dioxide (CO2), as recommended by the American Veterinary Medical Association panel on euthanasia as the agent to euthanize our prey items. CO2 is a humane, quick and painless form of euthanasia that does not cause animals undue stress or fear. CO2 also ensures that no harmful residual chemicals remain that may be detrimental to the health of the animal ingesting the prey item.

RodentPro.com is committed to humane animal husbandry best practices at every stage of the animal’s life. From leadership to staff, we are united in our mission to provide the highest standard of care.

For more information about our humane practices or products, contact us today.