The Problems About Feeding In Separate Bins:
There has been some debate on the forum about feeding in separate bins so this thread is to teach those who are new at keeping snakes that feeding in a separate bin can be very stressful for the snake.
Most keepers are worried about their snake swallowing the substrate or the snake associating your hand with food. This is actually false information. It is likely a snake can become impacted if it has swallowed substrate, but it is very rare and really only likely if the snake swallowed a WHOLE lot of substrate. The acid in their stomaches is very strong since they swallow their prey whole, so the snake has a very little chance of becoming impacted.
Feeding a snake outside of its enclosure only causes stress on the snake. It is sometimes hard to tell if a snake is stressed out, so sometimes we think the snake isn't stressed out when being moved into a separate enclosure to be fed. Some snakes will only eat when being fed in their enclosures because that is when they feel most comfortable and secure.
Please understand that feeding your snake in a separate encosure is not necessary and only causes more stress to your snakes. It would definitely be stressful to be put in an open tub with food being shoved in your face then being picked up after you ate to be put into your home. That sounds pretty stressful to me.
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