Feed in cage or separate cage?

[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.

[lillyorchid]

Everyone of my snakes gets fed in it's enclourser. No "aggression" that I've ever seen. LOL Just a few hungry snakes wanting their rats every Saturday though.

[trott]

In their cages.
If you pre scent when you feed they'll get into feed mode and come out of their hides looking for a meal. When i go to handle i (obviously dont prescent) pull the hides off them and they get prepared to get picked up.
Never had any issues.

[Vesta]

I use seperate because it's a hassle to have to clean rat defication out of the tank and sometimes blood is an issue (happened when she caught the rat, wrapped around it and repositioned her mouth and allowed blood to flow onto her and into the seperate container).

I'm a skeptic when is come to cage aggression because I know some BPs are like that around here and there have been instances. I'm glad I only have a problem with her not eating because the rat is white and not colored. For some reason, correct me if I'm crazy, but my BP doesn't like white rats. I would buy white but she'd never take it... I would have to exchange for a colored and she'd take it down right away, no problems. All my animals are picky as hell.

I should have gotten a vidoe of her this week. She was a meany. Spying her prey for like ten minutes before getting it. She was really into it the other day.

[PghBall]

I feed mine in their own tubs. I just make sure I wash my hands before getting them out of the tubs, especially if I have been handling any mice or rats.

[snakesRkewl]

Being a breeder of feeder and pet rats, I handle my rats all the time before I handle my snakes, and I rarely get bit
My hatchlings bite like mad but that's a good thing

[Patricia]

A plain ol' grocery store paper bag is the "restaurant". While Patriot is dining, I use that opportunity to clean out the tank.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Everyone (all 65) eat in their own homes.

A hungry lurking snake is a great thing, and I am not gonna mess with that.

As is, I have Kevin and Olive meeting me and snatching the prey from the tongs before I can get it into their enclosures, I cannot imagine trying to handle them at that time.

Bruce

[cinderbird]

Everyone (all 65) eat in their own homes.

A hungry lurking snake is a great thing, and I am not gonna mess with that.

As is, I have Kevin and Olive meeting me and snatching the prey from the tongs before I can get it into their enclosures, I cannot imagine trying to handle them at that time.

Bruce

this. I have snakes who will fly out of their tubs, my normal female and my spider especially. My carpet is getting to that point too. Pretty much everyone except my pastel (but its ok, i still love him). My new pick up is the same way. They are always looking for seconds and i do NOT want to move them. I have to sneak the rat in stealth style, then let them know its there so i dont get bitten.

I used to feed in a separate container but abandoned that idea over a year ago when my girl originally went on fast.