Where should he eat?

I stand by feeding them in a seperate enclosure, Preferably a cardboard box. My snakes are all very tame, as soon as I put them into the box, they go from being curious and playful, to ready to strike at there next meal. When I put my hand on any of the tanks, none of my snakes get defensive or offensive. The just go with the flow.
They are your snakes, you know whats best for them. I am just saying, from passed experiences, it works fine.

I feed my snakes in their enclosures. I have encountered a regurg at my school from moving the snake out of its feeding box annd back into its cage. The snake died.... it was only a baby... poor thing.

Here's a little insight in the form of a poll...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...d.php?t=50754&

I have tried feeding my BP in his enclosure, and he just freaks out and hides, but when I put him in the cardboard box, he strikes almost immidiately. :/ I usually wait10-15 minutes after he has his food down before I put him back in his enclosure. He has been fine sofar and has not regurged.

youre gona hear all sorts of things depending on peoples experiance, but ive had a bp that i fed in a separate container and got bit twice, both times when he was in the container. when i got my mojave she was always fed in her cage and i still do that and have never once gotten bit. one of the most important things u can do is prescent your room so that ur bp associates THAT with feeding time and not weather you open the cage or not. hope that helps

ok this is how it is, snakes are all different, i have a 14 year old ball that has ALWAYS eaten in the enclosure, now when she is hungry and i open the top she does act as if she is ready to strike.....because shes hungry! so i feed her. but after she has ate and is full i can get in and out her cage with no problem. And mind you i have had this snake since she was a hatchling and she is now 14 years old and ive only been bitten like 3 times and it was always my fault. but i have also had ones that need to be fed in a separate container but that was only to switch from live to frozen thawed, but i also have a corn that WILL NOT EAT unless he is in his and his only rubbermaid box, and then also some that dont give a crap its kinda funny.

so basicly do what makes your snake happy:banana:

Both of my snakes eat in their enclosures.

For each snake, I remove the hide he is not using, and replace it with a rat-filled box :) After about 30-45 minutes, when the snakes are ready, I release the rat, they strike, and if there is any mess left, I take care of it after they've eaten and retreated to their hide.

With this method, I've never been bit, and they very rarely refuse to eat. Also, I think their eating association is a box that smells like rat being placed in their tub, not the lid being removed :)

so hen these are live right? when i did live for my girl i had a custom enclosure that had a trap door, i relesed the rat in there she would get to hunt, really good to watch but now i feed f/t so i just pop the top and dangle it. she takes everytime. but i really like the rat box idea sounds kinda fun :gj:

I should have specified that there's only one rat in each box. "Rat-filled" makes it sound like a bunch. Regardless, it works quite well.

Thanks for the link Princess. and ty everyone for your thoughts on it.

So far the only way I can get him to eat, is a frozen fuzzy, he refuses everything else, even frozen hoppers.

And I have to dip the fuzzy in chicken broth to get him interesting.


But so hard the only place he will eat is his tank.