Ball Python feeding containers

[guambomb832]

Hello everyone, I have seen lots of youtube videos of people's snakes eating rodents in a feeding container, but I have seen some of them put the snake in first then the rodent or the rodent in first then the snake. If you do feed your snake in a separate feeding container, which one do you do, snake in first or rodent in first?

Thanks,

Chris

[oliverstwist]

both my snakes are diffrent, Esther eats in herhouse, it stresses her to much to b e moved, so i just drop in the mouse

Constance is a hardy eater so she feeds in a seprate container. I put herin then drop in the mouse so my hands dont smell like rodent

[2kdime]

Why not just feed in the cage?

[Elise.m]

From what I've read it all depends on the snake. Some people feed it in a different container so they don't confuse your hand with food when it's not feeding time.

[Kaorte]

From what I've read it all depends on the snake. Some people feed it in a different container so they don't confuse your hand with food when it's not feeding time.

Your hand should have nothing to do with the feeding process. You either drop the mouse in or offer it on tongs. A mouse smells and looks much different than a human hand so there should be no confusion. A bite is more likely to happen when moving the snake to a separate container. The snake might already smell the rodent and strike at anything that moves. My moving the snake, you use your hands and then you feed them. I would think this would cause more of an association or an accidental bite.

It just perfectly fine to feed in the home enclosure. Your snake will not become cage aggressive if you feed him or her properly sized meals on a regular basis.

[Khaos]

I put Diesel in the feeding container first, simply because thats how I tried it first and he gobbled it right up.

[Elise.m]

Your hand should have nothing to do with the feeding process. You either drop the mouse in or offer it on tongs. A mouse smells and looks much different than a human hand so there should be no confusion. A bite is more likely to happen when moving the snake to a separate container. The snake might already smell the rodent and strike at anything that moves. My moving the snake, you use your hands and then you feed them. I would think this would cause more of an association or an accidental bite.

It just perfectly fine to feed in the home enclosure. Your snake will not become cage aggressive if you feed him or her properly sized meals on a regular basis.

I agree. But some people do not use tongs, and therefore accidents happen. I for one will be using tongs when I get mine.