Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
Where in this process does it say "wave your hands around in front of the snake when the food is nearby". It doesn't. That is because your hand should have NOTHING to do with the feeding process. You are not a mouse, you do not smell or look like a mouse, so why would your ball python associate you with a mouse?
I would love to ask my BP that. As far as we're concerned no secondary contact comes into play with our BP while it's feeding. We always wash our hands after touching any sort of mouse (since we're kind of a bit of OCD freaks about that anyway), so that does make sense what you said.

As far as what our enclosure consists of, we have a 30 gallon tank. Aspen Snake Bedding Substrate, a hide made out of a dark plastic bowl that it could coil in perfectly without it being too big for its hide, fresh water every other day, heating pad underneath its hide. Humidity is usually at 50%-60%, and the heat on the warm side of the tank is around 85-88, and on the cool side between 77-80. There is no heavy traffic where the snake is at, nor any loud noises/music. Thermometers are the ones purchased at PetCo for $12 (the heat and humidity ones that stick to the glass).