Feeding in a separate tub vs. enclosure.

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Originally Posted by polychromator

My ball-to-be was going to be Noodle, but I’m not sure that he looks like a Noodle! So other names currently in the air are Sherbet, Chamomile, and various brand names for champagne. :’P

(Last night I had a family friend add me in a group message to let us know that their son, who they had a few months ago, is having his name changed because now he’s born they don’t think he suits it. I SO DESPERATELY had to bite my tongue to stop myself saying, ‘oh, I did that with my snake!’ as if it compares to their literal human offspring, ahah!)

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Sherbet is such a good name! Definitely suits him.

I think I'll probably wait until I get mine to properly name it. It's all I can do not to bend everyone's ear about it at work. Have to release my excitement on here.


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When I first got my snake, I took her out and fed her in a cardboard box that was small enough to just put the box in the tank afterward and let her crawl out on her own. This worked for a few months, she was only aggressive in the box. And then one day, in winter, it was maybe 20-30ish degrees in the apartment, and she was in her box, wrapped around a mouse. This was nothing new, so I forgot about it and went about a few chores while I waited for her to eat and calm down. 20 minutes in, she was still wrapped around it. Nothing new, she likes to take her time. 40 minutes in, I got a little concerned. 2 hours in, she hadn't budged, and the temperature hadn't gone up any. She'd fallen asleep. I tugged at the mouse a little, she woke up and squeezed it again, went back to sleep a minute later, still wrapped around it. Repeated this a few times. Eventually, I picked her up, mouse and all, and put her back in the tank, near the heat pad. After 10 minutes, she woke up and ate the mouse. That winter got colder, and I stopped feeding with the box altogether. Now she eats in the tank. She has a certain spot she goes to, because food only ever appears there. If she sees a hand and it's not coming from the Food Spot, it's not time to eat. Tamest snake I've ever met.