Live Feeding Questions

Question about feeding live


When you feed live do you just drop the mouse in the enclosure and wait for your snake to come out and get it?


Or do you get your snake out of his hide first and then drop the mouse in?


Also, do you move all the clutter out of his tank before you feed or do you feed with everything set up normally as you would?


Ik feeding live is not ideal but it’s whats been working for me so no need to tell me I should switch to F/T as I already know that.

thanks in advance for your help <3

I have had my BP for 2-3 years now and she’s always had live. I take her out completely and put her in a separate cardboard box and wait until she fully swallows it and then I put her back into her tank!

How ever you feed live (I don't do it), tap the snake to make sure he/she is awake. You don't want the snake injured from the prey, same reason you don't leave the live prey in for xx minutes.

Good luck!

It is best to wait until the snake is in 'hunting' mode - sticking its head out of a hide or cave in the evening. If not, you can drop the mouse in and STAY with the snake. The smell can entice the snake out. Never leave the rodent alone with the snake.

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Originally Posted by sophia_carguillo

I have had my BP for 2-3 years now and she’s always had live. I take her out completely and put her in a separate cardboard box and wait until she fully swallows it and then I put her back into her tank!

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I’ve heard that you shouldn’t move to feed them because it can cause regurg and that enclosure aggression is a myth and it’s more stressful on the animal to move to feed rather than just feeding in its enclosure

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Originally Posted by Absololol

It is best to wait until the snake is in 'hunting' mode - sticking its head out of a hide or cave in the evening. If not, you can drop the mouse in and STAY with the snake. The smell can entice the snake out. Never leave the rodent alone with the snake.

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this is what I usually do but sometimes he comes out so late that I’m sleep by the time he is giving me signs 😭 I have to be up at 4am so I go to bed rather early and was tryna see if it was other ways to feed him

I’ve never had issues , she’s never regurgitated it, I never EVER leave her unattended, been doing it for 3 years, I take her out whenever and as soon as she smells it she’s awake and a lot of times takes it right out of my hand before I can even drop the rat in the box!


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I’ve never had issues , she’s never regurgitated it, I never EVER leave her unattended, been doing it for 3 years, I take her out whenever and as soon as she smells it she’s awake and a lot of times takes it right out of my hand before I can even drop the rat in the box!


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a lot of people feed that way and have no issues, I just don’t. I’m not against trying it if need be tho

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Originally Posted by ChasingSunraee

a lot of people feed that way and have no issues, I just don’t. I’m not against trying it if need be tho

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I totally get it!!! Just letting you know that if it does come to that it’s totally okay to do it different ways[emoji2957]


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I totally get it!!! Just letting you know that if it does come to that it’s totally okay to do it different ways[emoji2957]


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Definitely! Thanks for the advice!

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Originally Posted by 303_enfield

How ever you feed live (I don't do it), tap the snake to make sure he/she is awake. You don't want the snake injured from the prey, same reason you don't leave the live prey in for xx minutes.

Good luck!

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That is actually a poor choice with a BP that get stress and spooked just with about anything, being startled like that is enough for the snake not to eat.

I have fed well over 100000 live preys here are the keys for successful live feeding.

Pre-scent the room by having the feeder in the room 30 minutes to an hour near during the enclosure.

During that time offer food and water to the feeder to make sure it is well fed and not dydrated that applies to people buying their feeder.

Do not stress the feeder

Do not stun the feeder

Open the enclosure drop the feeder holding it by the base of it's tail (using your hand)

Remove after 20 minutes if uneaten


If the enclosure has a lot if places behind which a feeder can hide you definitely want to move those.

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Originally Posted by Stewart_Reptiles

That is actually a poor choice with a BP that get stress and spooked just with about anything, being startled like that is enough for the snake not to eat.

I have fed well over 100000 live preys here are the keys for successful live feeding.

Pre-scent the room by having the feeder in the room 30 minutes to an hour near during the enclosure.

During that time offer food and water to the feeder to make sure it is well fed and not dydrated that applies to people buying their feeder.

Do not stress the feeder

Do not stun the feeder

Open the enclosure drop the feeder holding it by the base of it's tail (using your hand)

Remove after 20 minutes if uneaten


If the enclosure has a lot if places behind which a feeder can hide you definitely want to move those.

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Thank you for your in-depth answer ❤️ I have 3 hides, I’ll take the hide he isn’t in out n cover the hole to the burrowing hide so he can’t get in there as well