Bandit

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why is that interesting? its better then feeding in the cage.

No...no it's not, for many reasons.

there are many reasons:

1.they dont swallow substrate they cant digest

2.wont confuse your hand with food everytime you go to pick it up

3.Feeding on a plastic bag is cheaper and more sanitary because you dont have to worry about cleaning up their tank and redoing substrate and all you got to do is rinse down the plastic bag

4.if rats/mice poop or pee you dont have to worry about cleaning that up because itll be on the plastic bag versus in the tank

1. Depends on the substrate, but even with a very loose substrate, they can handle small amounts without fear of impaction.

2. Possibly the biggest myth in the BP hobby. They don't try to eat things that aren't food. Defensive strikes are differnet, but it's not out of food confusion.

3. BPs are ambush hunters by nature. Hard to ambush a rat out in the middle of the living room.

4. I've yet to see a rat that could out poop or out pee a BP, and I assume you clean that up.

i got an idea how about i control my snakes the way i want and you can control yours the way you want. and for the record i wasnt being defensive i was just replying to the question i was given.

That sounds a bit defensive to me. I totally agree that you can treat your snake as you see fit, but the members here have collectively about 5,000 years more experience than you and I combined. The advice you get here is tried and true. Sure, you may have that one of a kind BP that eats like a champ off the living room floor, but that doesn't make it recommended.

Interesting.