where to feed ?

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Actually, this is not true. As long as you have a routine feeding day and keep routines, they will not mistake you for food. Plus, you'll be going into their enclosure to clean and for handling, so they will not associate that every time you go in that food is coming.

I feed all of mine in their enclosures, I've fed on newspaper and on aspen.

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I would go a step further and say that even without a routine you won't be mistaken for food. I don't always feed on the same day and have never had a snake mistake me for food. I feed in the enclosure and always will. If you are worried about ingestion of substrate then put down a piece of newspaper over the substrate when feeding.

I feed in the cage as well and mine have never thought I was food or that opening the cage meant it was time to randomly strike thinking it or I was food.

As for the substrate deal, I, up until Dec when I went to a rack system, always feed on reptibark and Ozzy has swallowed a pc now and then for a few years and it never seemed to affect him one bit. As always w/ feeding you should keep an eye on them because I did have a time w/ the bark as it got stuck sideways in his mouth like a bit would be in a horses mouth and he couldn't move it or open or shut his mouth from the position it was in. So I had to hold him and take the backside of a ink pen top and pluck it out.
Like some have said if your concerned just lay down a pc of newspaper over the substrate.

the only way i see a ball python mistaking you for food is if you dont wash your hands good after handling a mouse or rat. still it is not too common.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

I would go a step further and say that even without a routine you won't be mistaken for food. I don't always feed on the same day and have never had a snake mistake me for food. I feed in the enclosure and always will. If you are worried about ingestion of substrate then put down a piece of newspaper over the substrate when feeding.

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agreed :salute:

We feed all 13 ball pythons in their enclosures (on newspaper but on aspen in the past), 1 bci in his enclosure on aspen and 1 milksnake in a feeding bin (due to her enclosure being very "busy" with cage decor). Personally I find the ball pythons seem to be confident feeders when they are in their home enclosure and often use their hides to either hunt from or use as "cover" while they hunt their live prey.

"Personally I find the ball pythons seem to be confident feeders when they are in their home enclosure and often use their hides to either hunt from or use as "cover" while they hunt their live prey."-frankykeno




Exactly my python wont eat when i move her into a 10, she likes to be under her log or in her humid hide. She sticks her head and neck out of the humid hide grabs the prey chokes it then pulls it into the hide and eats in there. Its a pretty cool site to see.

i have my ball python on coconut husk substrate... should i worry about feeding him on coconut husk or should i feed him in a separate container?? are there any problems with him ingesting coconut husk??

also what is impaction????

I would definlty feed him in another container and or consider switching substrates. impaction is when their is an obstruction in their digestive system causing them not to be able to go to the bathroom.

thanks everyone for your feedback.. the guy at the store gave me dessert snow .. i believe thats what it was .. i dunno im going back there tommorow to get some food for my bp..its been a week since i got her i guess ill feed her in her tank since mostly everyone is feeding thier bps that way .. hopefully she'll eat

What does this "dessert snow" look like? I've never heard of it.