Where do you feed your bp?

[girlundertherainbow]

I feed all of mine in their own enclosures..
the only ones that eat out of their enclosures, are some of my corns.. I actuall give them their mouse on top of their screen lid so they don't get aspen. But I really agree with thhis way being better due to less stress. And re: biting .. when I start feeding snakes, mine smell it / get excited anyway, so they are already in a "feeding" state regardless.

[mommanessy247]

i feed live & in the terrarium.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

In their tubs. All but one of mine now take prekilled or FT just left in their tub so there is no reason to do anything else.

[ShaleneRafuse]

Well I tried feeding him last night. He didn't go for it. So I left the f/t mouse in his cage with his head peeking into his hide. Still didn't eat as of this morning. Got rid of the mouse. question...should I wait and try in a week? My guess is he's still settling in.

[mlperryman]

I do it different than most people. I DO NOT feed in my snakes normal enclosure. I move them all to their separate feeding container and give them about 10-15 minutes in there before giving them the food. To defrost the food, I heat up a cup of hot water (3 minutes in the microwave is perfect), then drop the frozen rodents (all in ziploc bags) into the cup. I check the temperature of the mice before feeding. It usually takes about 20 minutes for it to be the right temperature. I have never had any problems with feeding this way. And while they are eating, I clean their normal enclosures. Now, once I get a rack system and start breeding, I will probably do things differently. But the snakes I have now are pets that small children play with, so even if it is a myth that feeding in the normal enclosure will make an aggressive snake, that's still a chance I'm not taking. In your situation with your snake not eating, I would wait and try again. Settling in can take a while sometimes. I have had a couple times when mine refused to eat until I reheated the mouse so that may an issue too. It stayed in there with them long enough to cool off and I guess they prefer it to be warm.

[BoaFreak]

I used to feed in seperate enclosures as well. I never had a problem with any of my BPs but I had alot more Boas then. I had a 08 Female Sharp Sunglow (aprox. 4.5') that was a pain to get back into her enclosure after feeding. I would wait 1 hour after they ate before moving them back into there Tanks, and even with waiting that hour she was still very much in feed mode. Any other day she was as tame as all my others and would be handled if not every day then every other day ( she was beautiful ) but she just had a HUGE feeding response. After she bit my wife twice I decided to start feeding in there tanks (about a year and a half ago) and it made no difference in there behavior. Alot easier for me on feeding day and they all eat great. I sold that boa to a friend of mine as a pet (he is not a breeder) since I decided to go more with B.Ps but I still feed everything in there homes.

[Alexandra V]

Well I tried feeding him last night. He didn't go for it. So I left the f/t mouse in his cage with his head peeking into his hide. Still didn't eat as of this morning. Got rid of the mouse. question...should I wait and try in a week? My guess is he's still settling in.

I'd bet money that he's still getting used to everything, so just give him a break, don't mess around in his cage more than you need to (water change and cleaning is fine) and then try again in a week. It's really no big deal to him if he misses one meal, he'll be just fine.

[Cendalla]

I feed my BP in a different inclosure. It wasn't because I was worried about aggression. He just wouldn't eat any other way. Now when I put him in his box he knows whats up. He gets all excited and practically wags his tail like a puppy being offered a snack. It would be easier if he ate in his enclosure like my boa but Its just one snake that is a little more effort. I can't complain because as long as he's in his feed box then he eats like a champ!

[ShaleneRafuse]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I'm really so glad I found this place. I feel like I am getting great advice and information.

[Robonarc]

I have a 4 year old female I got from a friend. She was used to being fed live in her enclosure and she gets 4 live adult mice every 2 weeks. Since she won't eat F/T or prekilled her former owner was afraid to give her rats incase she got injured.
I tried feeding last Friday after I had her for a week. I fed in a seperate tub because I was worried about her swallowing some substrate. Infact I lined the tub with paper towels and she even got a piece of that but didn't end up swallowing any.

Anyways, she ate all 4 mice and had a voracious feeding response. I was a very proud pappa lol.