feeding live ?

[baddawg91]

Dos feeding live mice to ur snake make it aggressive to people or not

[Adam Chandler]

No. If you feed it frozen then the snake thinks it is alive when it strikes anyway. Therefore, I cannot think of any reason why feeding live would make the snake any more aggressive to humans.

[rabernet]

No - why would it? Are you feeding people to it?


Seriously - it's a good question, but no, it doesn't. I feed live almost exclusively - always have. My animals are not agressive to me or others.

[David802]

No - why would it? Are you feeding people to it?


Seriously - it's a good question, but no, it doesn't. I feed live almost exclusively - always have. My animals are not agressive to me or others.

I feed my snake people all the time... Don't you know that snakes are bloodthirsty monster devil spawn that eat children and put curses on people.....

[Tim Mead]

Be sure NOT to leave it unattended as a live rodent can spell death to a timid non eating snake..Theres a post in here that shows such and was hoping it might be made a sticky for new folks to see..

[-C@jun-]

New to snakes myself. We feed in the bath tub cork the drain and roll. If he isn't hungry he will crawl out. Heard feeding in there cage causes them to bite when you go in there.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Heard feeding in there cage causes them to bite when you go in there.

Old myth

You are actually more likely to get tagged when moving an animal in feeding mode.

Being fed live does not make them more prone to bite and being fed in the enclosure do not make them mistake your hand for food when you open the enclosure.

Getting bit by a snake in it's enclosure can happen for various reason which is why it is important to read your snake's body language.

[baddawg91]

Thanks everyone

[rabernet]

Be sure NOT to leave it unattended as a live rodent can spell death to a timid non eating snake..Theres a post in here that shows such and was hoping it might be made a sticky for new folks to see..

That injury took days to happen, it didn't happen from live feeding - it happened as a result of a negligent keeper who didn't remove the rodent after 30 minutes of a refusal.

[Paysons Bps]

DONT feed live i've seen too many pictures of accidents, people take their eye off a rat and a ball python for a minute can cause major injury to your snake.