Who feeds in the cage vs outside

I have been feeding outside but I'm starting to rethink this.


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I feed all my snakes inside their tubs just seems more logical to do it that way and I've never been bitten because my hand isn't a mouse and i don't play with mice before i handle my snakes

Always in the cages for me. Besides the fact that I have too many snakes to make any other option practical, most of my snakes are so finicky that even if I move them to clean their tubs and then try to feed them once I put them back they will refuse. Alternatively, my snakes with a more powerful feed response are prone to flying out of the tub at the first sign of a heat source. Yoshi tends to zero in on my face, but he's attached himself to my arm once or twice during both feeding and cleaning. Trying to reach my hand in to grab him and move him during a time he knows he's about to be fed is just a poorly thought out move on my part.

My feeding tongs are invaluable. For Yoshi I can tap him around the head to get him to face away from me, which is useful both for scooping him out of the tub or for facing him towards his food instead of my face. Out of 11 snakes, he's the only one I have with such an aggressive feeding response, and I seriously doubt feeding him in a seperate tub would help calm him down.

I kind of prefer it, honestly. Handling is always interesting, but I know I won't be throwing his rat in the trash!

If you only have a couple it really doesn't matter but once you get a collection of size it aint happening. :rofl::rofl:

I started out feeding outside the cage but was advised by the lovely people on this forum to stop! I'm glad I did. Much less stress for me and the snakes :)

There's a couple million posts on this forum - quite a few of them are on this exact topic. ;)

If you search the previous discussions, you'll learn that there aren't many reasons to feed outside of their home enclosure. Next to none of those reasons are founded on anything more than personal preference. Feeding outside of its home enclosure more often ends up having a negative effect on the feeding experience (for the snake, the keeper, or both).

Having said that, where you feed your snake is completely up to you and there are those who have success on both ends. If you choose to have a separate feeding location just know that you're doing so because you want to and not because there's more than that to it. :cool:

Oh yeah - for what it's worth, I've never feed a snake outside of its home enclosure. I couldn't imagine doing so now that my collection has matured. :P

I think once I move my guy into the rack then I will start feeding him in there.


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i alternate.

i have a few empty tubs that i'll put a snake and a rat in if i need to clean the snake's tub during feeding day.

I feed some of mine in their tub and some I move to empty tubs but it all depends if I've any cleaning to do in their tubs or not


0.1 Spotnose, 0.1 Fire 0.1 het pied, 1.0 het pied, 1.0 Lesser, 1.0 Pastel, 1.0 Normal

I feed in tubs just easier and less stressful for the them.