feeding inside tub

Ok thankx for the advice I'm going to leave him be until he finishes his molt prob another 5 to 7 days then ill give him a feeder pup see how it goes

When I was feeding my snake live, I simply plopped the mouse into the tub and closed the lid. Of course I watched him, but I didn't want the mouse hopping out. He would eat the mouse pretty fast.

I've never had any aggression with my ball python even though I feed him in his enclosure, but then again he's very timid in the first place, so I dunno. :/ Good luck.

well I just feed him took awhile like most one sided mexican stand off mouse was hidint behind the thermeter. Gave him lil push to move him see if I cud stir up action soon as I had mouses attention bam constricted so cool to watch can't belive this lil guy is eating this big mouse guesss that's wat shedding does makes u hungery haha

No need to wait to feed after getting a new Ball Python. I used to wait to feed because I was worried the snake was stressed. Now, my last 6 ball pythons I received ate F/T 1 day after delivery. Not sure if waiting is really required. Granted I have nice heated tubs/racks and the snakes feel real safe. I think the advice of moving a ball python to another enclosure to eat is the reason most ball pythons are finicky eaters. Basically, that is a very stressful move once a week just to eat.

Good Luck

Agreed I think "tank aggresssion" wud come more from moving to a new encolosure just due to relating handleing with feeding

While you need to monitor live, and should feed in his own enclosure, you don't need to overly worry. It's what they do. The bps in Africa aren't tong fed f/t, and they survive. There will be the occasional time they don't hit good, that's why you watch. But really, they are good at it.

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