Drop feeding

Does anyone routinely do drop feeding?


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Most of my snakes will accept drop feeding, though I always offer the food with tongs first. My milk and garter snakes, for example, will only strike about 50% of the time but always eat what I leave for them. On the other hand, my bp and sand boa, being my pickiest eaters, won't touch f/t mice unless they're moving, so drop feeding doesn't work.

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Originally Posted by KKM

Most of my snakes will accept drop feeding, though I always offer the food with tongs first. My milk and garter snakes, for example, will only strike about 50% of the time but always eat what I leave for them. On the other hand, my bp and sand boa, being my pickiest eaters, won't touch f/t mice unless they're moving, so drop feeding doesn't work.

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My BP’s the opposite. He’ll happily do drop feeds. He’s 50/50 when it’s offered with tongs.
I check one hour after I’ve put it there for him an it’s always gone.


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I only drop feed with my guy now. He's lazy. Seems to prefer that I leave the rat right outside of his hide. He rests his head on it like a pillow until the light goes off at 9pm, then he will drag it in and eat it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...72a7758c55.jpg

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I drop feed my large bullsnake. She tends to come flying out of her cage when she thinks there's food so I distract her and throw the rat in. She still thrashes like crazy when she finds it. I imagine I'll have to drop feed my scrub as he gets larger too. He's got a pretty long strike range.

My only consistent drop feeder is my Colombian rainbow. I offer on tongs so he sees it, then lay it in the cage. He eventually comes over to eat it. My new carpet may be a second drop feeder. So far he’s taken one small rat off of tongs and one that was laid in front of his hide.

My snakes appear to prefer drop feeding, but sometimes it is actually 'throw' feeding, because if they appear ready to eat I'll give the rodent a little toss toward them and sometimes it won't hit the ground.

I prefer drop feeding to tong feeding anyway. Sometimes the snakes have hit the tongs pretty hard, regardless of where they are positioned on the rodent.

My male ball pythons seem to eat best during the breeding season when I drop feed.


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