Feed in cage or separate cage?

[AcousticHoney]

Our bp is about 2-3 months old so we're feeding him every week.
I like to feed him in a separate container cuz those lil mouse brats
like to pee while they're dying. Too much of a hassle to clean an
already clean cage every week. I don't want baby rolling around in mouse piss.

I'm not worried about cage aggression, I'm worried about mouse pee
getting soaked into my aspen or bark.

[Elise.m]

I feed in her tub, and have never had a problem with cage aggression. There are holes on the lid, I put the bag with the mouse in it on top of those holes right above her hide, and she smells it within 2-3 seconds. She knows when it's time to eat, and she knows my hand is not dinner.

[Neal]

A lot of variables come into play here.

How many snakes you have?
What types of snakes you have?

Those are just 2. My anaconda I feed in a seperate enclosure, not for any particular reason but I just want her to never know her enclosure as getting food.

My Rufous beaked snake I don't feed in a seperate enclosure, he eats in his tank.

If I had a venomous snake? It would eat in its cage.

If I had a BP, it would probably eat in a seperate enclosure.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Ball pythons, always in their own cage. They're just too insecure. You may get a few individuals who will accept being fed outside their cages, but I seriously doubt it's that common.

I only see my ball pythons coming out looking for food on or the day just before feeding day. A little nudge with a hook or a squirt from a spray bottle, and they settle down. Cage aggression is virtually never an issue, and it's easily defused if it occurs.

Regarding the Anaconda--it's a double-edged sword. Yes, your anaconda may never see its cage as being the place where it is fed. However, you will wind up having to move a keyed-up anaconda that has just been fed and may be looking for seconds, back into its enclosure. Good luck with that, and make sure your insurance is paid up.

[Neal]

Ball pythons, always in their own cage. They're just too insecure. You may get a few individuals who will accept being fed outside their cages, but I seriously doubt it's that common.

I only see my ball pythons coming out looking for food on or the day just before feeding day. A little nudge with a hook or a squirt from a spray bottle, and they settle down. Cage aggression is virtually never an issue, and it's easily defused if it occurs.

Regarding the Anaconda--it's a double-edged sword. Yes, your anaconda may never see its cage as being the place where it is fed. However, you will wind up having to move a keyed-up anaconda that has just been fed and may be looking for seconds, back into its enclosure. Good luck with that, and make sure your insurance is paid up.

LOL, my conda is more calmer then most bps, actually then any other snake i've seen. Go look under the anaconda section and look at possibly thread, with a video of her eating.

[p3titexburial]

They're on aspen so separately for me is more safety than anything else--however, I'm not opposed to feeding in the tub since that's what I did for my newly acquired female because she wouldn't take it in a separate tub, but I had to keep watch and pull off pieces of shredded aspen from the mouse (which had been dried but still stuck) as she was swallowing.

After the initial feeding, it didn't matter where I fed her, she'd take it no matter what.