Quote Originally Posted by Andrew24 View Post
well id like to disagree with that.. lol.. cuzz the reason most people with exp.. don't take the snakes out and feed them is cuzz they have too many snakes too take out and feed.. but your tryin to help me out so oh well lol.. maybe you are right.. but its just hard to believe that EVERYBODY..
I have four snakes. All of them are fed in their enclosures. Never of them have ever bit or struck at me.

I know many people whose snakes are the same as this that are fed in their enclosures.


I will quote something that I have said on previous threads regarding feeding in separate locations.

Scenario time:
You are about to feed your ball python in its enclosure.
Step one: Prepare the food, pre-scent if it is live, thaw if it is F/T
Step two: Place feeder in tank with ball python. Use tongs or drop the live feeder in.
Step three: Watch ball python eat
Step four: Leave ball python alone for 2 days so it can digest.

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?

Now lets look at feeding OUTSIDE the home enclosure.
Step one: Pick up your ball python and place it in a separate container.
Step two: Prepare the food, pre-scent if it is live, thaw if it is F/T
Step three: Place feeder in the feeding enclosure with the snake. Use tongs or drop the live feeder in.
Step three: Watch ball python eat
Step four: Pick up ball python and move back to home enclosure
Step five: Leave ball python alone for 2 days so it can digest.

Now which one sounds more risky when it comes to "associating" feeding with your hands. The separate enclosure. Especially if you aren't feeding your snake enough. If you have handled a rodent and forget to wash your hands, you smell like a rodent. You go in there to move your ball python back to its home enclosure and WHAM, he thinks you are another mouse for him to eat for dinner.
If you go into the tank other than for feeding, which you should for cleaning he cage and changing the water then there is no way the snake can associate "your hand" with food. It just doesn't add up.

That being said, I still wish to see what video you are talking about. It seems like you are underfeeding this snake.