feeding inside tub

Hey I apoligize if this has been answered did some serching could come up with a thead I got my male pastel today and I know I need to feed him live to settle in but how do I moniter the feeding in a bin type enclouser I don't wanna leave lid off but I don't want him to miss and catch a rat. Tooth ether

you can feed him in his enclosure. but if you preffer to feed in a seperate tub if it's see through you can close the lid and just keep an eye on it till the rat is dead

Why don't you want to leave the lid off? you should be monitoring the entire feeding anyway.

I feed mine outside their enclosures though after a lot of what I have seen people say on here I am thinking of trying inside. I went and bought a medium sized moving box from Home Depot for like $3. I taped the top flaps in the upward position so it makes it much taller. This way they feel more secure to eat and I can still watch from the top when they think I am not looking lol. I have to kind of peek over the sides. If they see me they don't move.

If it was feeding on f/t before you got it, just stick with it. I have never had a snake turn down a f/t because it was moved.

And like Serpent Merchant said you should be watching the kill while feeding live.

I feed all of my balls in their tubs. They tend to get too stressed when they are taken out and don't always eat. Now, by colubrids I feed in a separate tub. I would also stick with f/t if you can. So much easier.

Aaron has this smack on. Just remove the lid and settle in to wait. Personally this is one of the big down sides of live feeding it takes time I have animals that constrict for ages (20 min). If they were fed live it would take much longer for me to feed.

Well he is already on live so I don't wanna stress him out more by changing his food my tub is ouly about 7 inches tall so even if I and watching I know he could strike out if he really tries haha but ill just keep an eye on him but he just started his shed so he's not going to be. Eating I don't even think he can see witch is not helping his settleing process

You shouldn't worry about stressing him out by feeding if you give him proper time to adjust to his new environment.
Leave him alone for a week before attempting to feed him. Spot clean and change water normally, but do not handle or touch him during this adjustment week.

And as for 7 inch tub side, that's is plenty tall. I've successfully fed snakes in shorter tubs. Don't worry if he tries to strike out. Just gently push him back into the tub if he's hanging out.
If you really want to put the tub lid back on, just cover part of the tub so you can still monitor the feeding.

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Originally Posted by Killerherts

Well he is already on live so I don't wanna stress him out more by changing his food my tub is ouly about 7 inches tall so even if I and watching I know he could strike out if he really tries haha but ill just keep an eye on him but he just started his shed so he's not going to be. Eating I don't even think he can see witch is not helping his settleing process

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Why does it matter if he strikes out of the tub? Are you planning to hold a live rat in your hand while he strikes? I REALLY don't recommend that. Drop it in, wait until the rat is dead, close the lid, done. And if he's in blue, just wait until he sheds to offer him his first meal, there's no reason to rush it.

Ok thankx for the advice I'm going to leave him be until he finishes his molt prob another 5 to 7 days then ill give him a feeder pup see how it goes

When I was feeding my snake live, I simply plopped the mouse into the tub and closed the lid. Of course I watched him, but I didn't want the mouse hopping out. He would eat the mouse pretty fast.

I've never had any aggression with my ball python even though I feed him in his enclosure, but then again he's very timid in the first place, so I dunno. :/ Good luck.

well I just feed him took awhile like most one sided mexican stand off mouse was hidint behind the thermeter. Gave him lil push to move him see if I cud stir up action soon as I had mouses attention bam constricted so cool to watch can't belive this lil guy is eating this big mouse guesss that's wat shedding does makes u hungery haha

No need to wait to feed after getting a new Ball Python. I used to wait to feed because I was worried the snake was stressed. Now, my last 6 ball pythons I received ate F/T 1 day after delivery. Not sure if waiting is really required. Granted I have nice heated tubs/racks and the snakes feel real safe. I think the advice of moving a ball python to another enclosure to eat is the reason most ball pythons are finicky eaters. Basically, that is a very stressful move once a week just to eat.

Good Luck

Agreed I think "tank aggresssion" wud come more from moving to a new encolosure just due to relating handleing with feeding

While you need to monitor live, and should feed in his own enclosure, you don't need to overly worry. It's what they do. The bps in Africa aren't tong fed f/t, and they survive. There will be the occasional time they don't hit good, that's why you watch. But really, they are good at it.

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