Quote Originally Posted by Jeo123 View Post
This is one of those things that you hear a lot of people debating about.

On the feeding box side
  • No chance of swallowing substrate
  • Easier to clean if there's any mess from the feeding
  • If feeding live, less places for the mouse to hide
  • According to some, less aggression


On the feeding in tank side
  • Less stress to the snake
  • You have the option to leave it over night(as you've done)
  • If feeding live, more chances for the snake to ambush


It really comes down to can snakes learn to associate certain places with Feeding Time. If they can, then obviously a feeding box is better because:
  • They're looking for food, so you're more likely to get a feeding response
  • They're not looking for food in their tank, so you're less likely to get bit


The main reason I feed in a feeding box is because my snake seems to have learned that that box means food is coming and will immeadiately go into "hunt" mode and so far has never even histated to strike and eat for me, also I could stick my fingers directly into my snakes hide and poke her in the face and she wouldn't bite me.

Now it's possible that my snake would do this anyway, but since it's worked this well for me so far, why would I want to mess with something else.
I would prefer myself for her to eat in a feeding box, I tried but she won't take the food... so how do you think I can solve that problem..? Keep on trying?