Feeding in a serparate bin/cage/container

I would never recommend someone feed in a separate cage, container or whatever, but people do it and I have no control over what they do. But I am curious to know what other peoples opinions are about feeding outside the enclosure?

Waste of time, IMO. Probably causes more problems than it could ever solve.

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Originally Posted by 200xth

Waste of time, IMO. Probably causes more problems than it could ever solve.

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Yup I agree.

It's very old school, I've done both ways. Really seems to be frowned upon these days. And yes, I was "crazy" enough to do it with big constrictors. Back in day, lot of people did it. But big breeders couldn't do it practically. Because of that, I believe people figured out it didn't nessecary cause "cage aggression". For what it's worth, I no longer do it. But I still really hate when I get rodent blood and piss in my tanks. Peace.

I've been feeding in separate enclosures successfully for a couple of years now but I do it for a completely different reason than most.

Since I feed only live, sometimes my BPs don't eat right away which means the rats will run around the enclosure pooping and peeing all over the terrarium. Maybe it's just me, but i don't want my snakes crawling in rat pee and feces. Also, it's a lot easier to monitor the kill in a feeding box than in a PVC enclosure.

Opinion really. There are no facts no matter what anyone says. I personally feed my snakes in a separate enclosure so they don't ingest any of the aspen bedding and also because I believe feeding in a separate enclosure paired with hook training trains the snake between when its time to be fed or picked up. To each their own.

Do whatever works best for you, there are many 'right' ways to raise snakes. I don't bother feeding in a seperate enclosure myself, I've always fed my snakes in their cages and it works well for me. However if someone else wants to feed in a seperate enclosure and it works for them, then who am I to say they're wrong? Too many people get bound up in thinking that there is one right way of doing something and it's just not so.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Misha

I've been feeding in separate enclosures successfully for a couple of years now but I do it for a completely different reason than most.

Since I feed only live, sometimes my BPs don't eat right away which means the rats will run around the enclosure pooping and peeing all over the terrarium. Maybe it's just me, but i don't want my snakes crawling in rat pee and feces. Also, it's a lot easier to monitor the kill in a feeding box than in a PVC enclosure.

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I respect that more then you realize. For a guy who liked snakes since he was a kid, I'm not to big on rodents myself (let alone that aspect).

I feed my snake in a kritter keeper for one reason. Feeding day is the same as cleaning day. So while he eats I clean. It has never caused any problems, I can see how it would be considered a waste of time for some of the larger breeders because it is more work, but it doesn't mean that one method is better than the other.

Back when I only had 3 or 4 snakes, I fed in a separate container. But I fed f/t, so it was more a matter of using that time for cleaning, as others had stated, than anything else.

Now with 70 something snakes, all animals are fed in tub/enclosure. Cleaning happens weekly and everyone gets spot checked daily.