Cage Aggression Due to Feeding Practices

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

Do you feed F/T, live, or P/K?
Do you house them in tubs, tanks, or both? (if both, how many live in tanks, how many in tubs?)

Well I'm not a total idiot, hahaha. I work at Petsmart too and not everyone there is an idiot. Some of us really do care about the animals and know a lot. We are just not allowed to apply our knowledge. Petsmarts policies do not allow us to.

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yea sorry about not finishing, my internets failed out on me , GG terribad charter internet. i have emeralds/borneos in tanks (5 total) and ball pythons in tubs ( 20 total i think ) i feed them all prekilled or f/t depending how lazy i feel or if i have live/frozen sizes i need, they all eat either so i can switch it up. sont really have any that HAVE to have live,

thats messed up that make you give out false information, if i read that correctly. i know that 99% of the people ive delt with at the one here are complete retards lol. ( wasnt saying you were an idiot, in case you didnt get that lol )

Hobbyist or Breeder: hobbyist
# Snakes in Collection:3
How often do you handle your snakes:weekly
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?:inside
# of snakes with cage aggression:0
F/T P/K or Live?:live
Tank/Tub:tub

Hobbyist or Breeder: Hobbyist, hopefully breeder someday.
# Snakes in Collection: 2 for now.
How often do you handle your snakes: Daily/Every other day.
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?:Inside.
# of snakes with cage aggression: Neither have struck at me EVER.
F/T P/K or Live?: Small live rats, they tend to get more scratched when I give them larger meals.
Tank/Tub: Tubs all the way.

Hobbyist or Breeder: Hobbyist

# Snakes in Collection: 1 corn, 13 Ball pythons

How often do you handle your snakes: 1-2 times a week

In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: All but one gets fed in their cage. The one is an assist fed.

# of snakes with cage aggression: NONE

F/T P/K or Live?: The assist fed is p/k ASF hopper the rest is live rats or ASF

Tank/Tub: All are in tubs, when I first started keeping 4 were in tanks and fed the same.

Well, if they alert to the fact that it's feeding day, then they can be 'cage aggressive'--they will come up out of the bin after food as soon as it opens, because the scent is in the air. I don't think that really, counts, though.

I don't have any ball pythons that normally behave that way, and I always feed them in their bin.

I have 41 snakes--40 balls and one Plains garter. (He's not cage aggressive, either).

I don't have any aggressive snakes. I have a few that can be touchy sometimes, but will calm if approached correctly.

Cage aggression is specifically when a snake strikes to FEED whenever its cage is opened. A snake that is simply aggressive all the time isn't 'cage aggressive'. A snake that strikes defensively is not displaying cage aggression.

Hobbyist or Breeder: hobbiest, breeding in the fall if things work out
# Snakes in Collection: 10 (picking up the 10th next month). 2 ball pythons, 2.1 (picking up the other .1 next month) solomon island tree boas, 0.1 Nicaraguan, 0.1 rosy boa, 1.1 central american boas
How often do you handle your snakes: depends on the animals, some don't seem to tolerate handling well so they are handled less often, but usually about 1x a week.
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: every snake is fed in their tubs
# of snakes with cage aggression: 0
F/T P/K or Live?: F/T
Tank/Tub: tubs in racks.

Hobbyist or Breeder: Future Breeder

# Snakes in Collection:9 breeders, 10 babies

How often do you handle your snakes:2 or 3 times per week

In cage/Outside of cage to feed?:Inside for adults, outside for babies still learning what food is

# of snakes with cage aggression:1 baby

F/T P/K or Live?:Adults get F/T babies are on live for now

Tank/Tub: Tubs for all

Gale

Hobbyist or Breeder: Hobbyist/Breeder

# Snakes in Collection: 28 ball pythons

How often do you handle your snakes: 2 or 3 times per week

In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: Inside for all

# of snakes with cage aggression: none

F/T P/K or Live?:all on F/T except 2 that get live / all on rats

Tank/Tub: Tubs for all

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Both you can say, haven't produced anything yet;):P

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# Snakes in Collection:

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12 (1 is being fostered and is not mine)

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How often do you handle your snakes:

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I handle snakes everyday, but not particularly the same ones.

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In cage/Outside of cage to feed?:

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All are fed in their tubs

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# of snakes with cage aggression:

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Zero. The only aggressive snake I own is one of my Bloods who isn't just cage aggressive but aggressive all around.

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F/T P/K or Live?:

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Both (live is fed to the Bloods)

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Tank/Tub:

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Tubs

Meant to do "No, I feed in the cage."
Accidentally did Yes, I feed in the cage.

Snakes do not have the brain capacity or capability to make associations of that level unless you never handle the animal and you only feed the snakes, then they will expect you to feed upon opening the cage.

Two factors (handling and feeding) are too complex for them.