Quote Originally Posted by N1GHTRA1N View Post
I'm feeding him adult mice. They are being purchased from a local pet store and are about the half the size of a juvenile rat. The rat just looks to big for him right now.

I'm sure that he is just thinking I'm food. I didn't do anything different tonight then I did every other time I've fed him or taken him out.

I think I'll continue with frequent feedings every 4 days or so. I don't want to get tagged so hopefully he is cool from now on. I'm going to be out of town for a while and my brother will be doing the feedings, I'm hoping he doesn't get tagged. I'll be feeding him on Wednesday (4 days from this current feeding) and my brother will feed him twice while I'm gone.

If I decide to feed in his enclosure instead of a different tank how can I do it best? I never did it because I was concerned the mouse would be harder to catch and would end up hiding in a spot where the snake wouldn't bother him.

Thanks.
0. take out any offending cage furniture (second hide or vines or something) this will keep the mouse from hiding. Whenever i fed my animals live i hung around until i was sure a prey animal was dead, big hemostats in hand, to make sure no one was bit by their dinner.
1. prescent - this lets your snake know its dinner time.
2. insert rodent into OPPOSITE side of cage snake is in.
3. snake enjoys rodent.

if you can manage, you can also hold the rodent with a pair of feeding tweezers or hemostats by the scruff. honestly, i never found this to work well and just let the snake do its thing. They're predators, they know what to do

im sure someone with more live feeding experience can chime in though.

oh, and have you tried tapping him on the head with something to snap him out of feeding mode? if i've got an unusually frisky one they get a tap on the noggin with the snake hook or the hemostats. ..or getting misted with coolish water usually takes the wind out of their sails