Quote Originally Posted by Tiny_loves_Roxanne View Post
why dont you feed your ball in a seperate enclosure?

my ball is in a tank with a coconut fiber and moss substrate to keep the humidity up

but every tuesday at 2:30PM i take her out and put her in a empty Pabst Blue Ribbon case lined with paper towels...I drop the mosue in,she strikes...she eats, I put her back in cage,no worries

it's a good habit to have,it helps them associate that your hand is not food,should you reach into the tank

I have to disagree. Why not feed in the enclosure? What purpose does it serve to remove a snake from its enviroment just to feed it? If anything it will add to the stress level of the snake.

I don't understand how putting your hand in the tank would make your snake associate your hand as food. If anything, you going into the tank to get the snake out is associating the snake with feeding time. What happens when you get the snake out for other purposes? Will the snake think that every time it's being removed from its tank, it's going to get fed?

Jim Smith