Feeding-Story Time

[shootingstar26]

I don't know if this is a sign I'm doing things right/wrong (hopefully the former), but I thought I'd share it.

My snake's top-covered tank is on a bookshelf (that has no back) and on the bottom shelf is the tub I use to store all of my stuff, including the small bowl I use to thaw mice and forceps I use to feed.

I think pavlov would be proud...lately, everytime I go to feed, I'll check on Ozzymandias first - usually in its hidey-hole all curled up and comfortable. I'll lean down and put on a plastic glove, take out the forceps and bowl, then stand up again (all within about 30 seconds). When I stand up, I am greeted by my snake's face centimeters from the wall and there's all sorts of tongue action - not to mention that when I move it'll just move its head with me. I never have a problem putting it in a separate bag though, it seems to know the difference between myself and food.

Maybe it can smell the plastic glove/bowl/forceps and gets excited because it knows what that means? Maybe it can see my shadow against the wall light and recognize my movements (the light is behind me, after all)?

I dunno. I thought it was amusing and wanted to share.

[CoolioTiffany]

My one Normal KNOWS when it's feeding time. Even if I sometimes skip feeding days, she always figures out when she's eating even if I'm thawing out the rodents in a different room. So, I'm pretty sure it's normal that your snake does that, I think most snakes know when it's feeding time. Well, except the ones that think of you as food unless you tap them with the hide box or a hook LOL.

[j_h_smith]

I think they can taste a meal many rooms away. In the wild, I think they can taste a meal hundreds of feet away, so as long as the meal is in the same house, they can probably sense when the meals cooking (so to speak).

Jim Smith

[BPelizabeth]

I agree with J H Smith on this one.....I can walk in the front door and my hubby can walk upstairs and they are READY! Mind you.....my house is 3300sq feet and they still know. They are out roaming...looking up...you open the tub ...you better be ready...lol

[BuckeyeBalls]

I agree with J H Smith on this one.....I can walk in the front door and my hubby can walk upstairs and they are READY! Mind you.....my house is 3300sq feet and they still know. They are out roaming...looking up...you open the tub ...you better be ready...lol

Really? I have the live mouse sitting on the desk for a few mins and the snake is still in his hide. But once it hits the aspen he smells it then knows hey FOOD

[j_h_smith]

Really? I have the live mouse sitting on the desk for a few mins and the snake is still in his hide. But once it hits the aspen he smells it then knows hey FOOD

Well, like people, some snakes are more refined and won't rush the dinner table. While others will be standing at the door waiting for the pizza delivery truck to turn the corner.

Jim Smith

[BuckeyeBalls]

Well, like people, some snakes are more refined and won't rush the dinner table. While others will be standing at the door waiting for the pizza delivery truck to turn the corner.

Jim Smith

Yea id rather him wait till it gets in the cage then eat it So he dont mistake a hand for food being ready to eat b4 i am to feed

[j_h_smith]

Yeah, I know what you mean. A few years ago, I had a female Dumerils boa that would attack anything coming into her enclosure. Rat, hand, hook, male beau. She clamped on my male and left a dozen teeth in this guy's hide. I quickly learned that she should go into his enclosure for mating.

Once she was out of her enclosure, I felt comfortable handing her to anyone, but while in her enclosure, she was a handful.

Jim Smith

[cweimer4]

I agree with J H Smith on this one.....I can walk in the front door and my hubby can walk upstairs and they are READY! Mind you.....my house is 3300sq feet and they still know. They are out roaming...looking up...you open the tub ...you better be ready...lol

thats a nice size house lol

idk why thats what caught my attention lol