Cage aggression as a problem varies a huge amount between species.
Feeding response driven "aggression" varies even more.
Also, in the case of the giant constrictors, safe beats sorry by a country mile.
In ball pythons it generally isn't a problem. I have fed in seperate enclosures and fed in their enclosures and have found the conditioning to routine to be the main factor in SFE's (Stupid Feeding Errors ).
If your snakes expect food after a set of conditions have been met then any hands introduced after meeting them are asking for it.
I do find my BP's feed better housed seperately and fed in their enclosures.
But then I also know that if I have been prescenting and heating food up with the hairdrier I need to be paying attention when I open their tubs.
If I fed outside of the tub I would then have to pick them up and transfer them ( and transfer them back at the end of it ) that is, whichever way you slice it, twice the chance to get mistaken for food.
But if I haven't been defrosting snake food I can happily open any tub in the place and stick my nose in and expect nothing but mild curiosity and a tounge flick up my nostril.
If you have two snakes in the same enclosure however feeding in a seperate enclosure (for at least one of them ) is your only sensible option.
dr del
Reply With Quote