Cage Aggression Due to Feeding Practices

Hobbyist or Breeder: Breeder
# Snakes in Collection: 9
How often do you handle your snakes: Once a week/while cleaning
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: In cage
# of snakes with cage aggression: 1-but he's been aggressive since he came out of the egg 2 years ago, nothing to do with feeding.
F/T P/K or Live?: Live
Tank/Tub: Tub

And I would like to add that my snake room doubles as my rat room. My colony is around 50 rats at any given time.

IMO
Ball pythons don't get aggressive from feeding because they are not aggressive snakes to start with. If you feed one snake they all know it's feeding time, and will seem "aggressive" if you try to put your hand in there. If your bp has feeding aggression it's your own dumb fault. Don't handle your snake if you smell like rats, when other bps are eating, or when you just fed him-which you shouldn't be handling him anyway. Simple as that.

Hobbyist or Breeder: hobbyist
# Snakes in Collection: 17
How often do you handle your snakes: 1 or 2 times a week
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: feed inside their cage
# of snakes with cage aggression: 0
F/T P/K or Live?: All feed live rats
Tank/Tub: tub

Meant to hit No, I feed In the cage

I hit the yes one instead >.<

Lol

I think 'cage aggression' is a VERY misunderstood term when it comes to snakes.

What people are generally talking about is a snake that learns that when the cage opens, food is coming--thus, it strikes to feed. A snake that strikes defensively when you reach into the cage is NOT displaying 'cage aggression'.

In other species, the term refers to an animal that has learned that the cage is its own territory, and becomes aggressive in defense of its territory, attacking intruders. Snakes do not engage in that type of behavior.

i miss up on the poll and read it woung i meet to to put No and in the cage

Hobbyist or Breeder: HOBBIST
# Snakes in Collection:1
How often do you handle your snakes: 3 or 4 times a week for about 30 mins to a hours
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?:in the cage
# of snakes with cage aggression:none
F/T P/K or Live?:live
Tank/Tub: Tank

Hobbyist or Breeder: hobbyist
# Snakes in Collection:2
How often do you handle your snakes: 3-5 times/ wk
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: out of tank
# of snakes with cage aggression: zero
F/T P/K or Live?: 170 g lesser- live adult mouse, 1000 g normal, P/K rat
Tank/Tub: 40 and 20 g crowded tank

Hobbyist
1 snake in collection (Female BP)
I handle my snake almost every day
Feed out of cage
My snake does not show cage agression
I feed live adult mice
Small tank (Snake is still quite small)

Guess we are bringing the thread back

Hobbyist or Breeder: Guess I'm a breeder now
# Snakes in Collection: 14 ball pythons
How often do you handle your snakes: once a week
In cage/Outside of cage to feed?: Inside
# of snakes with cage aggression: Zero
F/T P/K or Live?: half eat F/T, half eat live
Tank/Tub: Tub

Feeding in our out of their cage is debatable. It is not necessarily great for the snake to be moved after feeding and for larger constrictors I wouldn't want to handle them just after a feeding session.

That being said, you can hook train your snake. If you don't handle your snake often and usually open up the cage for maintenance and feeding they will of course become more cage aggressive. They associate most of your invasions as being food related.

If you handle them a lot it will minimize their food association with you opening up their cage. Regardless, you should tap them with a hook or something to let them know it isn't feeding time. My Bredli has a strong feeding response when I open her cage however once I tap her with the hook she settles back down and I can go about my business.

I've got 40 balls, ive never had any aggression issues with a single one

Hobbyist or Breeder: Hobbyist first and breeder secondly
# of Snakes: 40
Frequency of Handling: daily for rack maintenance. Once a week for cuddles 
Do You Feed Inside or Outside the enclosure: in tubs
F/T, P/K, Live: Live md/sml rats. 1 eats mice and hatchlings eat mice
# of Snakes with Cage Aggression: 0
Tank/Tub: Rack system

Before I had so many I did have tanks and did the same routine. Still none having aggression.