Should you feed bp in habitat.

I am a new member, and I was wondering afeter purchasing my pb I was told not to feed my bp in its habitat because it may mistake your hand for food. Is there any truth to this or is this just more misguided informnation from the big chain pet stores.

Thanks for your help Pot Roast

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Originally Posted by Pot Roast

I am a new member, and I was wondering afeter purchasing my pb I was told not to feed my bp in its habitat because it may mistake your hand for food. Is there any truth to this or is this just more misguided informnation from the big chain pet stores.

Thanks for your help Pot Roast

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If you remove your snake to feed it it will feel unsafe.I feed everyone of my snakes in there enclosures.Now it is true they COULD mistake your hand as food.To avoid this happening you can use tongs if your snake eats fresh killed or frozen thawed or if you feed live just place the rodent in the snakes enclosure.Now you have to watch your snake until it kills the rodent as rodents CAN kill the snake.Of course pinkies,fuzzies can not hurt your snake.

i feed inside enclosures, i think caring out the snake can stress it too much, and after it eats, i dont want to disturb them by carrying them back to their tubs

Nothing wrong at all with feeding in its enclosure. It will mistake your hand for food if you've been handling food (rats, mice, etc.) and don't wash after.

Thanks so much for the help. I have been feeding this way for the whole six months. On another note I was feeding it frozen mice untill it outgrew its old enclosure and I aquired a new one after that it would not eat for about three weeks in frustration I feed it a live mouse and he ate it right up but he would not go back to the frozen mice, so I guess it is going to eat live. When I do feed live I supervise the event and leave it no longer than 30 min. I have found out though after reaserching that My temp and humidity meters are not sufficient.

I feed my guy in his tank. As long a you put your hand in the tank for things other than feeding, it shouldn't associate your hand with feeding.

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Originally Posted by Sausage

I feed my guy in his tank. As long a you put your hand in the tank for things other than feeding, it shouldn't associate your hand with feeding.

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This is not true.Once a snake smells the rodent anything can happen including you getting bitten.

When I only had one snake I took out of the enclosure but now I just throw the rats in. my 2 boas are on f/t so I have no problems, They usually just eat it off of a plate in the cage

sausage, I simply LOVE the santa hat on your BP!! too cute :)

i feeed both of mine in their enclosures...i use bar-b-que tongs and dangle them in by the tail and before i get them to the ground my snakes will have them...i was told it was better to feed in enclosre because of stress relations and if you reach in and take them out to put them in another enclosure to feed what's stopping them to think that everytime you go to take them out it's feeding time. i take a piece of the foil off the top that's pre-cut and place the mouse box on top of the cage for a few minutes then they start gettign active and come out of hide then i grab mouse with hand and use long tongs (prob 2 feet) to put them in....i watch untill there dead then feed the next ...

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