When do you remove your snake from the seperate feeding container?

[EvesFriend]

I am considering moving my snake into a seperate feeding spot because I have too much decor in her cage and it gets a little hard to make room to feed. When would I REMOVE the snake from the SEPERATE CONTAINER? Should this be done while she is constricting the mouse? After she swallows it? When??

[CoolioTiffany]

I recommend to keep feeding her in the enclosure, keeping them in a separate enclosure will stress them out. Some don't take it well and will refuse. Others will take it no problem, but do get some stress out of it.

When I wasn't too educated about that I would just put the feeding tub into the snake's enclosure and tilt it so it slithers into its hide since the snakes were still in a feeding response no matter what LOL

[musicalKeyes]

Do you feed live or frozen/thawed?

For feeding outside the enclosure, find a tub or box big enough for the snake to move a little, but something with high walls helps. Putting paper towels down helps with cleaning. Put the mouse in first, and then the snake. Wait 'till the snake has eaten and realigned his or her jaw, and carefully move her back into her tank. Generally, putting the mouse in first (unless you do f/t, in which case dancing it around on tongs will help, so snake first, then mouse) lessens the chances of getting bit, which will most likely happen at some point if you feed outside the enclosure.

Really, though, it's unnecessary, and they can manage pretty well even with all the clutter

[Vypyrz]

It's been a long time since I fed outside of the enclosure, but when I did, I just waited for the snake to finish eating and start moving around the feed tub, then gently lift them out and put them back in the enclosure, making sure to support as much of their body as possible...

[EvesFriend]

Well sometimes she bites when I dangle the thing in front of her but she doesnnt always kill and constrict it. I'm starting to notice that if I wait a full week to feed she will kill and eat as soon as I dangle it; if I feed twice a week or so, she is usually more reluctant with the second or third one.

[Kaorte]

Well sometimes she bites when I dangle the thing in front of her but she doesnnt always kill and constrict it. I'm starting to notice that if I wait a full week to feed she will kill and eat as soon as I dangle it; if I feed twice a week or so, she is usually more reluctant with the second or third one.

Then just feed once a week

[EvesFriend]

Then just feed once a week

That's what I'm going to start doing but I can't lie, I find it very amusing watching her eat. It's obvious I am a new, first time snake owner but let me enjoy it.

[Flowerbridge]

I actually just got my ball python last week and had the same question.

The individual whom I adopted it from would wait until the mouse was mid length down the stomach and then remove him from the separate feeding space.

I remember reading from some places that one should leave their BP alone for a day or two to leave them in peace to help them digest, but I can't see this happening with a separate feeding enclosure.

[musicalKeyes]

I actually just got my ball python last week and had the same question.

The individual whom I adopted it from would wait until the mouse was mid length down the stomach and then remove him from the separate feeding space.

I remember reading from some places that one should leave their BP alone for a day or two to leave them in peace to help them digest, but I can't see this happening with a separate feeding enclosure.

Move them back to their cage quickly, and then leave them alone for at least a day or two.

[loonunit]

I wait until the snake has finished swallowing and the bulge is no longer obviously moving down the neck. Once the snake starts moving around and looking for either another mouse or a way out, it's pretty safe to pick them up.