live food or feeding in the tank leads to biting?

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

I'm trying to think of an anology for a bite...their teeth are so short, they don't penetrate the skin very far. Maybe like being slapped with a cheese grater? It's just a little whack that breaks the skin, really.

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Tracy and Dave Barker describe it to bumping into a cactus, which seemed pretty accurate to me. I often say that a paper cut is worse. I'm referring to defensive bites, rather than offensive (feeding response) bites.

I've never fed any of mine in separate enclosures (I have 16) and I've never been mistaken for food and received an offensive bite.

I belived in that misconception at first also, then one day when trying to return my snake to her tank I got tagged another reason to wash your hands after handling mice. lol. Point being ever since then i feed in the tank and have yet to have a problem since.

I've heard both ways, but I agree with everyone that snakes depend heavily on scent.

I had ONE HECK of a time trying to explain to my aunt that snakes dont mistake their handler for food. She was convinced that feeding it live and in the tank would make it strike at anything warm blooded... *aggravated*

I would send her to this site to try and convince her of that.