Feeding tank?

[kurtkoils]

I've heard that a lot of people prefer moving their BPs into a seperate tank or tub for feeding. I can understand that. My question is, if you're not supposed to handle your snake for 48 hours after it eats, how/when are you supposed to move him back into his tank?

[mpkeelee]

i move my snake out cuz she has aspen bedding and i dont like her getting it in her mouth. i put her in a plastic tub on the ground by her cage and i let her eat there. once she has it completely down and its settled i wait til she starts to move around a bit. once she starts moving i gently pick her up, make sure you support her stomache, and let her crawl into her warm hide to digest. my snake doesnt get stressed out but if yours does i wouldnt recommend this

[Kaorte]

There is really no benefit to moving the snake to a different enclosure. Feeding in the home enclosure is fine. They will make no association between their home enclosure and biting you. It just doesn't make sense.

As for the loose bedding ingestion, it really isn't a big deal. They can digest bone, I don't think a little wood or dirt will hurt.

[Reptile King]

I am currently using Cypress Mulch as substrate. As a result I feed outside the enclosure as I don't want them to eat the mulch. After they have eaten I gently pick them up and place them back into their tank. When I was using outdoor carpet I fed inside the enclosure.

[iCandiBallPythons]

There's really no justifiable reason at all to feed outside of the bp's enclosure.

[Reptile King]

If folks want to feed inside the enclosure great. If they want to feed outside the enclosure then that's great too. It doesn't matter as long as they get fed!

[iCandiBallPythons]

If folks want to feed inside the enclosure great. If they want to feed outside the enclosure then that's great too. It doesn't matter as long as they get fed!

Great! Then keep on doing whatever works for you

[Reptile King]

Great! Then keep on doing whatever works for you

Sounds like a plan!

[Reptile King]

I can understand if someone feeds inside the tank (I do both) if they have a rack and a ton of snakes. Then feeding outside the enclosure would seem to be more of a pain. Just me

[Southernshooter]

I put them in a 10 gal with temporary heat, let em sit a minute or 2 and then introduce thh prey to them. after the eat and work the food back some and usually once the stop eating and working the food and then start roaming around just put them back in their normal tank just keep handling to a min. Literally take them straight from feeding tank to their normal enclosure