Feeding location

Ive a pair of 2019 Tarahumara, Tamaulipas, and Longicauda.
Ive been feeding them in their cages, but was told to take them out and feed in a separate cage / container.
The reason being that when one opens the cage they will expect food and may strike the hand. Not a problem now but could be when adults.
Is there any truth to this? I think I heard you do this for pythons.
Thanks

That’s a myth. Continue feeding in their enclosures. You’re actually much more likely to receive a bite by moving a snake that is in feeding mode to and from different containers. Also causes undue stress on the animals. Applicable to all snake species.

Small/medium snake owners feed in the enclosure to avoid bites/bandaids.

Giant keepers feed in the enclosure to avoid trips to the ER.

Venomous keepers feed in the enclosure to avoid trips to the morgue.

Using a snake hook to tap train your animals is a good idea and makes dealing with very food driven animals much easier as well.

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Ive been feeding them in their cages, but was told to take them out and feed in a separate cage / container.

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Tell whoever told you that to stop spreading misinformation.

100% agree with what’s been said; feed in enclosure.

If you don’t want to get bit in a food response, you should hook train.

If you are not sure how to do that, just ask.

Thats actually funny VVV

Small/medium snake owners feed in the enclosure to avoid bites/bandaids.
Giant keepers feed in the enclosure to avoid trips to the ER.
Venomous keepers feed in the enclosure to avoid trips to the morgue.
Using a snake hook to tap train your animals is a good idea and makes dealing with very food driven animals much easier as well.

Okay, good info because I really didn't want to move my snakes to feed them. Seemed like a lot of extra work. Any youtubes on hook training?

Any time you’re going into the enclosure without the intent of feeding just gently touch the snake with a hook/paper towel roll/etc to signal that there is no food coming. Eventually they figure it out and it turns off their food response.


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When you say touch, your referring to touching their nose correct?

I very gently will touch their nose/face/head or lightly rub them with a hook on their neck. Just enough to let them know I’m coming in and that there is no food being presented


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Ive only ever fed in the enclosure too.

I don't fancy a bite putting a nice warm hand into a feeding tub while still in food mode[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
Like already said I'm sure trying to put a rattler or cobra back in is never a great idea at the best of times, never mind in full on food mode
I really can't work the logic on people using feeding tubs

Tap training is a really great idea, you don't necessarily need to do it the head, any where on the body should be fine

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Originally Posted by ctenosaura

When you say touch, your referring to touching their nose correct?

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Anywhere you can reach without getting your hand too close to the nippy end.

Now, if you walk up to your snake's enclosure and it's acting foody as you approach, then a few drops of something that smells sharp, like lemon-scent hand sanitizer or white vinegar, rubbed onto the end of the hook will throw your snake right out of food mode once he gets a good whiff of it.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...ead-with-Video