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Re: Feeding inside tub
 Originally Posted by anatess
If you have a decorative vivarium full of stuff like this:
... and you feed live rats, you can't feed inside the enclosure - the rat has a lot of places to hide, some inaccessible to the snake, therefore "hunting" will take a long time and you will have too many things in the way of your tongs in case you have to do some intervention (to prevent a rat bite).
Now, if you have a tub or some enclosure without tons of stuff in it, or if you feed F/T or pre-killed you can feed in the enclosure without needing to move the snake to a separate feeding tub. They will not associate opening the tub with feeding because, hopefully, you change out water/clean poop/change bedding/and all other maintenance stuff on a regular basis and not just on feeding time.
Lolo76 made a great point that moving a snake to a separate tub adds an element of stress that you can avoid by feeding in his enclosure. For us who prefer a decorative vivarium, we take on that bigger responsibility and do the best that we can.
I believe the thread title is " Feeding inside tub" unless I missed something... Of course feeding inside something like a fish tank cluttered with decorations would be a totally different scenario,
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Re: Feeding inside tub
Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons
I believe the thread title is " Feeding inside tub" unless I missed something... Of course feeding inside something like a fish tank cluttered with decorations would be a totally different scenario,
Yes, but the replies touched on tanks and your reply said "enclosure". So, I just wanted to address that there are valid reasons for feeding outside an "enclosure". Also, if you frequent the UK forum, they got decked-out tubs there, although they don't feed live.
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Re: Feeding inside tub
Originally Posted by anatess
Yes, but the replies touched on tanks and your reply said "enclosure". So, I just wanted to address that there are valid reasons for feeding outside an "enclosure". Also, if you frequent the UK forum, they got decked-out tubs there, although they don't feed live.
Hey whatever works for you, by all means keep on keeping on 
Last edited by iCandiBallPythons; 08-24-2010 at 12:41 AM.
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