Feeding Question

I agree with the notion that no 2 snakes are the same. My bp won't eat inside her enclosure, she just gets scared and won't come out of a hide. She automatically goes into food mode as soon as she hits the floor of her box-o-death.

I tried feeding my young boa in a seperate container as well. It was too freaked out and didn't want to eat. I placed him back in his normal cage and offered the pinky again, and he took it without a problem.

Bottom line: do what works for you and your snake. Theres no real right answer to this question, except just to do what keeps them eating.

PS- Be carefule removing them after they eat if u feed in a seperate container. I saw a BP latch onto and constrict the hand of one of my co workers the other day. Wasn't pretty. We had to pour alcohol down the throat of the bp to get it to let go. This was a juvi bp that was about 2.5' long. I never thought a bp that size could cause the the amount of blood that was coming from the hand that it bit.

I heard you could pour water on them to get them to release, is this true?

I don't know if it would phase them enough. The owner of the place I work has had experience with larger boids like retics and burms, and he always keeps a bottle of alcohol around, just in case. He said getting that poured on their face is like us getting sprayed with pepper spray.

Yes, either very hot or very cold water normally will cause any snake to release.

I use a seperate container to feed all of my snakes, but i never have any handling problems before or after feeding time, i guess i just have some really sweet herps :D

p.s.
that sounded bad, lol

i just wait till its in there belly and they start wandering around again

i have never had any problems with them thinking my hand was food becuase they were in "feeding mode" either

i dont know if its really neccesary but i dont pick them up from behind where i can tell the mouse/rat is.I grab them a little bit before and suport thier bodies