separate tank for feeding?

hey there....newbie here again...I'm sure there are plenty of threads about this topic. How do you feed your snake? in a different tank or the same he/she lives in? what are your opinions...Sheldon's feeding day is tomorrow :-)

Same tank. Most feel moving them just adds stress.

You can do what you want IMO, either way is fine. But I do feed in the same enclosures as they live in.


0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
1.0 Spider (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)

0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 BCI (Kiyoko)

Drop in rat and move on to the next.
It really doesnt matter as long as your snake is feeding.;)

i feed in same enclosure... he has never shown any aggression but i do go in to his cage quite a bit for handling, cleaning, etc etc etc.... always wash hands though cause if they smell rat on ur fingers, u might want to take caution

What he said^. I've fed inside the terrariums for a few months now. Never led to any kind of cage aggression or stress. Twice I've seen a snake of mine eat a small piece of cypress bedding with zero after effects. It may be cited in care guides as the safest way to feed, but it's not the least stressful and can result in not feeding at all. That causes pet owners stress half the time.

My bps eat in the same tub they live in. Nobody is tub aggressive.

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I have a very shy WC rescue there is no way I could move her and have her eat. I have never seen a cage aggressive ball.


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Yeah, I would say only WC do not feed in separate enclosure. Personally, I have only been bit once and it was my fault and it wasn't even during feeding time lol.

I feed animals in the tubs, but not in the tanks. George the black pastel did start launching himself at my hand every time I opened the tank. Cage aggression mostly only happens to me when there is thawing mouse smell in the air, but George is especially dumb. Or hungry! Or both. And for whatever reason he decided the tank opening meant it was meal time.

I use cardboard boxes. Shoe boxes when they were babies, old shipping boxes for adults.