he popped him right out of the box!

so it came to be the feeding day again and my bp sgt pepper was very hungry...
I got him a small rat and put sgt pepper in the bathtub
I put the rat, still in his little carrying box,in the bathtub as well
I watch sgt pepper creep up to the box and the rat was stickin his little nose out of the breathing holes
all the sudden sgt pepper starts wrappin around the box and since its a little cardboard box the lid popped open and he popped him right out of the box and immediatly struck him in the neck and proceeded to eat him after strangling him
it was really amusing and I wished I got it on video... maybe next time though

...in the bathtub??

ya I just put him in the bathtub with a plug for the hole, I dont have like a big bin or anything to feed him in so I just use my bathtub...
it works just fine :D

Just wondering, why not feed him in his tub/tank?

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Originally Posted by bpkid

Just wondering, why not feed him in his tub/tank?

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because eventually they will associate you opening the tank with feeding time and might try to bite you when trying to handle them not feed them so you're supposed to put them in somethin else
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Originally Posted by Mogley837

because eventually they will associate you opening the tank with feeding time and might try to bite you when trying to handle them not feed them so you're supposed to put them in somethin else
:rockon:

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Survey says...Wrong!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Survey says...Wrong!

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I may have worded that wrong, I didnt mean your bp is definatly gonna bite you, it may confuse you for food and might strike you

What Jamie is saying, is the snake associating your hand for food is a myth. Your snake actually might feel more comfortable eating in his own secure enclosure. It's actually less stress on the snake and owner. The snake doesn't have to put up with the handling taking him to and from the bathtub, and you don't have to watch him the whole time he eats so he doesn't escape. But if you want to keep doing this, go ahead, to each his own ;)

From what I understand most people have found that unless the only time you are putting your hand in the cage, the snake isn't going to mistake you for food. If out of 7 days you reach in once a day to get the snake out, give it water, or whatever, there is only one time when your associated with food out of 7. As long as you don't smell like a mouse or rat when you reach in, they aren't going to mistake you for food. ^_^

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I may have worded that wrong, I didnt mean your bp is definatly gonna bite you, it may confuse you for food and might strike you

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Still wrong.

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because eventually they will associate you opening the tank with feeding time and might try to bite you when trying to handle them not feed them so you're supposed to put them in somethin else
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I always feed mine in their tub. They haven't mistaken me for a mouse yet.:)

i think you've missed the point, they WONT mistake you for a mouse, they know what your hand is, just don't be smelling like a mouse/rat when you do put your hand in,or you might get a test bite or worse a contrict,also don't do sudden jerking movements, they get nervous around nervous people.

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i think you've missed the point, they WONT mistake you for a mouse, they know what your hand is, just don't be smelling like a mouse/rat when you do put your hand in,or you might get a test bite or worse a contrict,also don't do sudden jerking movements, they get nervous around nervous people.

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There was no point missed,:)

All of mine are fed in their enclosures, always have been (I have sixteen). I've never been mistaken for food. Complete myth!

i feed mine in her enclosure too. i just take all the stuff out before the rat goes in. it's amazing to watch her behavior change. she can tell that when all the hides and such are gone and that it's feeding time. she's never struck at me.

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i feed mine in her enclosure too. i just take all the stuff out before the rat goes in. it's amazing to watch her behavior change. she can tell that when all the hides and such are gone and that it's feeding time. she's never struck at me.

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I don't remove a thing - mine seem to prefer to hunt from the security of their hides. Plus - I'm not about to reach in the enclosure to remove ANYTHING on feeding day! They're locked and loaded! :D

this myth has been around forever. when i raised larger snakes (burms and rtb's) i used to hear it alot, from pet store cowboys to what were "supposed" to be knowledgable keepers. what would be most interesting to me is to find out where it originated. any ideas? i think it is just an anthropomorphic desire to associate some sort of pavlovian reflex to an animal that really just views us as "warm furniture". More than likely it is our "need" to believe these animals actually notice us rather than anything to do with the animal. but that is just a goofy opinion. any other takers?