Feeding in enclosure

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Yes,

Where do people come up with this stuff. Like a snake is going to act like a dog or something. Does anyone really think a ball python cares where it eats. Too funny. I love when people over analyze their Ball Pythons. If you want your snakes to feed each week with our problems dont screw with them. Just throw the rat in and let nature do its thing.

Good Luck,
Bill

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Originally Posted by Jessandyballs

Yes,

Where do people come up with this stuff. Like a snake is going to act like a dog or something. Does anyone really think a ball python cares where it eats. Too funny. I love when people over analyze their Ball Pythons. If you want your snakes to feed each week with our problems dont screw with them. Just throw the rat in and let nature do its thing.

Good Luck,
Bill

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Actually Bill, a Ball Python does care where it eats. The reason anyone does this to begin with is so the snake doesn't think it's being fed when you go in it's cage to pick it up. The problem is, you really only need to do this with very large constrictors....not Ball Pythons.


It's a Ball....feed it in it's cage.

I take everything out of the enclosure, feed, then put a hide back in and let her return to it before putting the rest of the stuff back in. This has worked like a charm for months with very minimal stress on the animal and I've yet to be bitten.

I feed my bp in his enclosure. It just seems that he is much more comfortable and less stressed in there.

I feed my Cali king in a separate container just because she is so small and I am worried about the risk of impaction from the Aspen. Once she is bigger I will probably just start feeding her in her enclosure.

I also feed my BCI in a separate enclocure but only because she is a very timid eater and will not eat in front of anyone so I have to put her in a solid color tub with a lid so she can't see out and no one can see in. I have tried watching her and she just won't eat it. As soon as I close the top she downs it in minutes......she's a weirdo

I would say as long as you are in their cages for other reasons besides feeding, ie. cleaning, changing water, handling them, then they will be fine.

Honestly, if you have a BP that is going to strike at your hand when there is no smell of rodent, then you should consider yourself very fortunate to have one with such a good feeding response. My girls are all wimps when it comes to feeding. I would never worry about them trying to kill something that wasn't a rodent. I'm too busy worrying about them not killing rodents. Besides, a bite from a BP isn't going to hurt that much.

With my boa and blood, I need to be more careful. However, I do not believe that feeding out of the enclosure is a solution. They love their food so much, they're not going to care where they are. If my blood had never eaten a single meal in his enclosure and a rodent-like thing (i.e. a hand) appears in his cage, he's going to try and eat it, he's not going to be thinking about where he is.


Just my two cents. I have yet to be convinced that feeding outside of the enclosure does any good toward cage aggression, but it can't hurt (if you don't mind your snake being a good deal pickier). Whatever works for you.

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Actually Bill, a Ball Python does care where it eats. The reason anyone does this to begin with is so the snake doesn't think it's being fed when you go in it's cage to pick it up. The problem is, you really only need to do this with very large constrictors....not Ball Pythons.


It's a Ball....feed it in it's cage.

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Hey Big,

Did you contradict yourself enough in your reply about what I wrote. No, a Ball does not care where you feed it. I have 25 of them and I have fed them in their enclosures for years now. I can come in and open their tub day or night. If I have rat they eat. If I don't they stay in there hide or just sit and look at me as to why I am bothering them. They don't attack me. I would not open the tub at night and stick my hand in their face, but that would not change even if you fed them outside their enclosure. It is fine if you want to correct people but your post was a rebuttal of what I said, but made it sound like I was wrong. This post was entered into the BP general. Did anyone really care about where to feed theie Burmese?

Regards,
Bill

I have never ever fed outside the enclosure and all is good and always has been

We feed in different tubs but for different reasons:
Kids and some adults come over just to see them eat..
They live in a large aquarium so I am scared they would never catch the mouse..