Feeding tank?

I've heard that a lot of people prefer moving their BPs into a seperate tank or tub for feeding. I can understand that. My question is, if you're not supposed to handle your snake for 48 hours after it eats, how/when are you supposed to move him back into his tank?

i move my snake out cuz she has aspen bedding and i dont like her getting it in her mouth. i put her in a plastic tub on the ground by her cage and i let her eat there. once she has it completely down and its settled i wait til she starts to move around a bit. once she starts moving i gently pick her up, make sure you support her stomache, and let her crawl into her warm hide to digest. my snake doesnt get stressed out but if yours does i wouldnt recommend this

There is really no benefit to moving the snake to a different enclosure. Feeding in the home enclosure is fine. They will make no association between their home enclosure and biting you. It just doesn't make sense.

As for the loose bedding ingestion, it really isn't a big deal. They can digest bone, I don't think a little wood or dirt will hurt.

I am currently using Cypress Mulch as substrate. As a result I feed outside the enclosure as I don't want them to eat the mulch. After they have eaten I gently pick them up and place them back into their tank. When I was using outdoor carpet I fed inside the enclosure.

There's really no justifiable reason at all to feed outside of the bp's enclosure.

If folks want to feed inside the enclosure great. If they want to feed outside the enclosure then that's great too. It doesn't matter as long as they get fed!

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Originally Posted by Reptile King

If folks want to feed inside the enclosure great. If they want to feed outside the enclosure then that's great too. It doesn't matter as long as they get fed!

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Great! Then keep on doing whatever works for you:gj:

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Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons

Great! Then keep on doing whatever works for you:gj:

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Sounds like a plan!

I can understand if someone feeds inside the tank (I do both) if they have a rack and a ton of snakes. Then feeding outside the enclosure would seem to be more of a pain. Just me

I put them in a 10 gal with temporary heat, let em sit a minute or 2 and then introduce thh prey to them. after the eat and work the food back some and usually once the stop eating and working the food and then start roaming around just put them back in their normal tank just keep handling to a min. Literally take them straight from feeding tank to their normal enclosure

I currently have my 1ft BP in a 39 gal. aquarium and I move her to a ten gal. for feeding. I've read that there's no benefit to doing this, but I got her off of Craigslist and her previous owners moved her to feed her, so I continue doing it just because it's what she's used to.

To get her back into her cage I simply pick up the ten gal. and gently place it inside of her usual tank until she moves out of it and into her hide or wherever she wants to go on her own.

The snake I adopted was fed for at least the two years before I got him in the bath tub. I fed him there the first time. After posting my story about that event and having just about everyone say it wasn't necessary to feed outside the regular home, I switched to that. With the four that I have now, I haven't experienced any ill effects of feeding in the primary home. There is a much different reaction to my hand entering their home and me presenting a food item.

The now 1300 gram male (Not proven) I adopted is in the 20 gallon tank I adopted him in. The three small females I bought are in 12 quart tubs. The male in the tank has eaten some aspen and hasn't had any problems. The three females have paper towels as substrate and only get any particles that may be on the frozen rat bodies, no ill effects so far.

Some snakes get real nrevous when handled and wont eat when handled. Some get real crazy at feeding time and is very possible you will get bit if you handle at feeding time, so thats why many dont move when feeding.

But if it works for you great. If they start refusing and get all nervous then I would suggest leaving them in the tank. Naturally they are ambush predators so security is important and moving them may make them feel more vulnerable. It depends on the individual snake. I have some that I cant even look at when I feed because the get too scared to eat and others that come flying out of their tubs snapping as soon as they smell rodents in the room.