Tank Aggresive

So how many people actually fee their BP in a separate enclosure? I never really bought into the whole feeding them in their enclosure will make the more aggressive when trying to remove them.

There is no benefit at all to feeding in a seperate enclosure.
I have always fed all of my inside the enclosure and I have NEVER been tagged INSIDE the enclosure, never even struck at.
I have been tagged OUTSIDE the enclosure plenty of times.

I have been struck at once, but was my fault as my girl was in her hide facing the water bowl as I tried to remove it. Probably startled her and all she seen was a hand.

I feed all my snakes in their enclosures. Even my retics with no issue related to feeding.

The only one I feed in a separate feeding tub is my corn snake, and that's because she's wicked dumb. Adorable and a great creature whom I adore, but as dump as a stump.

I used to feed in her enclosure, but she has the tendency to lose the food animal. Even though she was just biting it and is still partially wrapped around it, she just can't seem to locate it. Sometimes she'll crawl over it, embedding it in the substrate. Other times she'll bite it and drag it along for a while. By the time she finally finds the head and starts to swallow, the mouse would be covered with substrate like dough on chicken fingers.

In the tub, she seems to find the mouse faster, probably because there is so much less space, and its still nice and clean when she does get to it.

Otherwise, I feed in the enclosure and have no issues.

I feed all my snakes in their enclosures, have for years & years, and have no trouble "communicating" with them when it's dinner time & when it's not...but you
just need to pay attention to what signals you're sending, because they sure are. Moving a hungry snake to another cage to feed, then handling it again to put
it back while it's still in "feed mode" is asking for trouble. Feeding mistakes are the WORST bites, & may be dangerous to you, besides being very unpleasant.

BPs are usually more docile snakes, so while you may be "able" to move them, it doesn't mean that you "should"- shyer snakes may not feed after being handled.

I could NEVER have moved the large female BCI that I had many years: her feed response was powerful...just opening her cage to get food in was a challenge,
never mind trying to pick her up while she was expecting dinner. No thanks...;)

I have done both, one for way too long. There is no benefit what so ever to feeding out of enclosure, none.

I agree with Craig. There's no benefit to feeding outside the enclosure.

That's a MYTH I feed 100+ of animals in their enclosure once a week and so do many other.

Feeding outside the enclosure will get you two things, you will get bit it's just a matter of time because you are moving an animal that is in feed mode hours before and hours after it's meal.

Down the road you will also stress the animal enough that it will refuse to eat.

Ask yourself this would you feed a venomous snake outside the enclosure? Do you think their would be any benefit in doing so?

something i haven't seen brought up in this particular thread: picking up a hungry snake with food ready. no way in heck am going to pick up my Coffee Bean on feeding day with a thawed rat in the room to move her, as i'd practically be begging for a bite.

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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr

something i haven't seen brought up in this particular thread: picking up a hungry snake with food ready. no way in heck am going to pick up my Coffee Bean on feeding day with a thawed rat in the room to move her, as i'd practically be begging for a bite.

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Yeah, BIG mistake to under-estimate your snake's ability to smell food in the room! And then show up as "warm & wiggling" nearby... Oops!
IF you forget that your snakes don't rely much on vision (other than to chase motion) & DO rely on scent & warmth to find prey, they WILL "remind you". ;)

My bps won't eat if moved, neither will my hognose. My kings and water python will, but then getting them back in the cage without getting mauled can be a problem. Lol

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Originally Posted by Alter-Echo

My bps won't eat if moved, neither will my hognose. My kings and water python will, but then getting them back in the cage without getting mauled can be a problem. Lol

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I'm convinced that my King would eat in front of a sold out stadium on the 50 yard line as part of the Super Bowl halftime show!

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

I'm convinced that my King would eat in front of a sold out stadium on the 50 yard line as part of the Super Bowl halftime show!

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One time I had my 2 large male Florida (yellow x gulf hammock & poss. Everglades?) rat snakes at our local library for a kid's program. This was the one & only time
I've ever fed snakes for a live program, & I carefully packaged 2 just-thawed large mice "to go". I handled each snake & talked about snakes while the kids touched &
admired them up close, then I put each one back in their temporary large plastic "critter cottages" & explained what was next: these snakes are normally BONKERS
for food (like feeding a hungry BCI) but because they were in such unfamiliar surroundings, each one actually hesitated and then ate as politely as your Aunt Bessie
& her crumb-cakes! :rofl: So you never know...and they were just as "polite" afterwards...I handled them one at a time a bit more, hahaha! Maybe this was better
though, their normal reaction probably would have scared some of them, or at least the librarian. (at least one kid "wanted to see them eat live" :()

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Originally Posted by BPgirls

So how many people actually fee their BP in a separate enclosure? I never really bought into the whole feeding them in their enclosure will make the more aggressive when trying to remove them.

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Is Tank Aggressive the US version of the UK's Viv Defensive ?


Everyone over here seem to feed in their viv /tank/ rub ..

I simply couldn't imagine trying to feed my King snakes in separate tubs ... same applies to Burms and Retics ..


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