Where do you feed your BCI?

[DooLittle]

So do you feed your bci's in their tank? Or seperate enclosure? How are they in your opinion with cage aggression. I can see both sides of this. Trying to avoid aggression, but who would want to move a full grown one when they are either hungry, or just ate.

[Vypyrz]

I feed all of mine in their enclosures. They only get aggressive when they smell rat and go into feed mode. And there is no way I'm going to try and move any of my larger ones at that point. That's just asking for a bite...

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[tjohnson722]

I feed all mine in tubs. Only one has bit and that was the one that I got from someone who didn't properly care for him. He was almost 2 yrs and still eating fuzzies and rat pups.

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[WarriorPrincess90]

I feed my girl in her tank because when I come home with food, it's like she knows. Lol. She won't let me close enough to take her out. However, she greets me the same way (albeit a little less aggressively) every time I go near the tank. I'm still trying to figure out if it's aggressive or if she's just inquisitive. Either way, I'm hook training her. When it's feeding day, I don't go near the tank except when it's feeding time and I open it with a rat on the tongs. I have no interest in trying to move her when she's an adult so I'm starting her young with the training. She has been like this since the day I got her, so I know it had something to do with how she was raised. My Dumeril lets me pick her up on feeding day as if it were any other day. But I've had her longer and she was younger when I got her as well. I will be hook training her as well though. It's a matter of preference. Adult boas are much bigger than BPs and their feeding response is much more pronounced. No need to risk a bite from an adult boa by moving them on feeding day IMO. Come to think of it, I can't think of anywhere large enough to move them to.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense. I'm typing on my phone and falling asleep.

[DooLittle]

Yeah, I didn't think moving them about would be much fun. I know it doesn't matter if we feed our bps in their tubs, but wasn't sure what the standard was with the bci. What exactly do you do when you "hook" train them?

[rebelrachel13]

Always in the enclosure. I can't imagine dragging out my 5 foot girl while there's rodent scent around... It's just much safer, easier, and less stressful in cage. It really would be a nightmare to try and move around bigger boas when they're in feeding mode.

I don't hook train myself, because Eve is very docile. She always acts like she's going to strike when I reach in to handle her or clean, but as soon as I actually touch her, she calms down completely.

[TheWinWizard]

I feed in the cage. I don't want to get nailed by a 7 footer in food mode.

[MasonC2K]

I feed in cage. IMO, most cage aggression is due to poor socialization or husbandry. Sometimes the animal is just an ahole and there's nothing you can do about it.

[jben]

I'm with everyone on this one. There's no way I'm handling any of my boas when they're in "feed me" mode, that's just asking to get bit. My Colombian strikes at anything that moves when he smells food.

[tjohnson722]

Like I said before, only one has bit and I still think its my husbands fault. Mine don't go into 'feed' mode until they are in their tubs. I can stick my hands in their tanks at any time even if they haven't ate for whatever reason in a few weeks, they will not bite me. I have had 1 bite. Ruby, my red tail, my children could get that snake out (with my supervision) and she is 4. Regardless, I also feed live/stunned rats. It's easier to intervene if something bad happens.

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