Inside or out?

Just to add, I thaw everything in the snake room then take them out to heat them up in water. I feed a couple of hours after lights out.

Every one of my snakes are fed inside their enclosures. As Daybreaker said, there's no way in hell I'd try to move either of my Argentines after they've eaten. I like my blood inside my body too...........

I do use paper substrate, but have used aspen and have never had a problem either way - even if the rat is wet.

The boas are fed off 18-24" hemostats, but the balls won't eat unless I leave the room. So I just drop a rat in with them somewhere near the entrance to the hide they are currently in, and it's usually gone in a couple of hours. But the boas, well, crack open the tub, stick the rat in, and WHAMMO. Done. Love that feed response!

I've never been bitten by any of the boas - even the Argentines who can both do outstanding impressions of king cobras if they want. When there's no rat involved, I can just open a tub and pull out whomever I want. There's no food aggression at all. :gj:

I feed all of mine in their enclosures. Like everyone else, I'm not going to try and move them in feed mode, unless it's absolutely critical...

We feed in the enclosure and dangle/wiggle from Feeding tongs. We use aspen bedding so we don't lay it down unless we have to.

Inside outside club!

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Every one of my snakes are fed inside their enclosures. As Daybreaker said, there's no way in hell I'd try to move either of my Argentines after they've eaten. I like my blood inside my body too...........

I do use paper substrate, but have used aspen and have never had a problem either way - even if the rat is wet.

The boas are fed off 18-24" hemostats, but the balls won't eat unless I leave the room. So I just drop a rat in with them somewhere near the entrance to the hide they are currently in, and it's usually gone in a couple of hours. But the boas, well, crack open the tub, stick the rat in, and WHAMMO. Done. Love that feed response!

I've never been bitten by any of the boas - even the Argentines who can both do outstanding impressions of king cobras if they want. When there's no rat involved, I can just open a tub and pull out whomever I want. There's no food aggression at all. :gj:

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Awesome to hear would you consider reptibark a safe substrate for boas and balls I know its harder to change and clean but I want the aesthetic as well as functional for the new builds and am finding the aspen on my floor every day when I pull a snake out to be getting on my nerves as the only room in my hose with carpet has to be the room they are in lol I have never tried leaving a rat in the ball cage I will have to try that they tend to only eat half the time and I usually have to put every one to bed first and shut t he lights off and work in the dark to get them to eat.

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Awesome to hear would you consider reptibark a safe substrate for boas and balls I know its harder to change and clean but I want the aesthetic as well as functional for the new builds and am finding the aspen on my floor every day when I pull a snake out to be getting on my nerves as the only room in my hose with carpet has to be the room they are in lol I have never tried leaving a rat in the ball cage I will have to try that they tend to only eat half the time and I usually have to put every one to bed first and shut t he lights off and work in the dark to get them to eat.

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Uh, actually, I don't think I did say that. Perhaps someone else mentioned it and you thought it was me? Now, I don't think there's any problem really with Reptibark, but I would recommend some other choices before that. If you're concerned about asthetics, I would suggest cypress shavings. This is softer than reptibark and holds humidity really well. I've used it with my BPs for years.

Also, just don't leave a LIVE rat in overnight with your snakes (or for any length of time unattended). I only leave f/t rodents in the tubs. Just wanted that to be clear. :gj:

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Uh, actually, I don't think I did say that. Perhaps someone else mentioned it and you thought it was me? Now, I don't think there's any problem really with Reptibark, but I would recommend some other choices before that. If you're concerned about asthetics, I would suggest cypress shavings. This is softer than reptibark and holds humidity really well. I've used it with my BPs for years.

Also, just don't leave a LIVE rat in overnight with your snakes (or for any length of time unattended). I only leave f/t rodents in the tubs. Just wanted that to be clear. :gj:

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I think that was supposed to be more "Awesome to hear! Would you consider reptibark to be a safe substrate?" as in they were asking your opinion on the substrate. The sentence was just a run on sentence. :P

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I think that was supposed to be more "Awesome to hear! Would you consider reptibark to be a safe substrate?" as in they were asking your opinion on the substrate. The sentence was just a run on sentence. :P

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LoL!! After re-reading that, yes, I think you're right! Well, I guess I answered the question anyhow. Thanks! :P

I feed in a separate container since that how she was used to feeding when I first got my BP. I tired feeding her inside, but she wasn't having it. Very picky eater! She usually goes right after the rat when I throw her in, so after the fact I usually wait an hour after that to move her.