switching to F/T rats

so, it's rare, and was prolly caused by my mom dangling the mouse, but the safety gained vs the odds of something like that happening...the dangle method is still my preferred method when feeding with adult live mice/rats. for now, the fuzzy/hopper mouse in the brown bag and let the baby BP go in and take it, helps teach 'em to be proactive and stalk their food. it's funny how much more proficient my baby BP is from one feeding to the next. one time takes 30 mins to subdue and eat the food, the next time it takes 5 mins from beginning to end, unless they decide to try to eat the mouse sideways or backwards....

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maybe the rat pup is to big . maybe he likes eating mice

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Originally Posted by patches152

feeding in the enclosure they live in has been shown to cause snakes to develop a conditioning to you sticking your hand in when you're not feeding. they associate the lid opening and the hand coming in as "party time". basically, it's asking to get bit. feeding in a separate container will prevent this conditioning. my snake is already conditioned to the feeding tub or the brown paper bag...they become more active, flickering the tongue more, etc...

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I've never had an issue with this. mine act fine and they eat in their enclosures. I'm sure many people here would agree.

not to say that if you feed in their living enclosure they will ALWAYS become aggressive and will be conditioned, which could lead to a bite...but like i've been told before, just because it HASN'T happened, doesn't mean it won't ever. i'm just sharing my experience, that's all. i'm by no means an expert.