Quote Originally Posted by HerpKeeperVA View Post
Ok, let me get this straight...

You do not feed in the enclosure because you don't want them to associate their homes with eating, thus reducing the chances of getting bitten while reaching in to get them...

So you in turn HAND FEED them on a filthy floor so that they associate your hand as a food delivery system.

Seriously!?

Further more, even though they are "just snakes" they do appreciate a nice warm, clean cage to eat in. I feed every one of my ball pythons in their tubs and have yet to be struck at as a feeding response. But then again, I don't go sticking my hand in there when there's the scent of freshly bought feeder rodents in the air.

And to answer another one of your questions, yes I have had a ball with attitude. He would puff up and hiss every time you opened the lid to his tank, and then strike at you after you lifted the hide. You know what I did? Picked him up anyways! He never managed to tag me, but my ex was bitten several times by him. But he was an idiot anyways. Oh, and bites from a ball don't hurt, just so you know.

It's probably not that your snake is a meanie, he's just grouchy. I'd think that if you took me out of my warm enclosure, strangled me a bit, and then put me on cold concrete and expected me to eat out of your hand... I'd bite you too!
I appreciate your comment,
and I do see what you mean as registering my hand as food from hand feeding. but never have they struck at me thinking I'm food. Also In my opinion they hurt. lol and my cinnamon and pastel both are cranky and i dont get tagged by them either and i just grab them any way. not like snake shown above.
Also something I noticed I have failed to mention is he was sorta a rescue.
My friends Friend mis treated all of them and neglected them for a long time they are just now starting to put weight back on.