Feeding Question

[BrandonR]

So i was planning on getting a young pastel ball python tomorrow. I'm planning on feeding it in a separate container. But I read that you are not supposed to disturb them after they eat. Should I immediatley put it back in its home after it eats or let it sit and if so for now long? I haven't found anything online. Any help would be appreciated.

[creatism]

Just feed it in its enclosure. There is no need to put it in a separate tank for feeding. All this does is put undo stress on the animals.
And I usually wait 36-48 hours after feeding to start messing with them.
Now for my high horse, the belief that feeding outside the cage will lead to calmer animals is at best an old wives tail, at worst deadly advise. Now with ball pythons, corns or most colubrids your fine, move into scrubs, or larger pythons, or venomous and you are in actual danger feeding outside the enclosure.


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[Marissa@MKmorphs]

Best thing to do would be to feed it in its enclosure, NOT in a separate feeding space.

Feeding in a separate space is stressful for the animal, and makes it much more likely for you to get bit.

[BrandonR]

Best thing to do would be to feed it in its enclosure, NOT in a separate feeding space.

Feeding in a separate space is stressful for the animal, and makes it much more likely for you to get bit.

But can't it accidently ingest the substrate

[Marissa@MKmorphs]

These snakes digest bone. A little bit of substrate isn't going to hurt. Quite honestly, unless your rats are wet, or the snake drags it into the waterbowl, I've never had an issue (I've kept snakes on paper towel, newspaper, sani chips, and shredded aspen).

[BrandonR]

Okay thanks guys I appreciate it. I'm gonna pick her up tomorrow I'm so I excited I can't wait!