Do you feed in tank?

[Sunbreeze327]

I'm glad to see all the responses... So far my research had stated that removing to feed was best because it gave the snake a positive handling experience (associating handling with food) but I'm totally willing to take the advice of owners over a canned article. Leaving in the tank to feed makes more sense to me.

[hurricaNe]

I never feed in my tank, The blood that sometimes is stuck to the frozen mouse can come off and into the tank, and some of the "juices" come out of the mice, i dont need to clean my tank after every feeding.

[(James)]

I feed in my tank, and have never been bitten by my ball. When I hear things like "cage aggression" it kind of annoys me, because if you really think about it there are 2 ways to feed your snake:

1. In cage (develop "cage aggression" by classical conditioning/associating cage movement with food.)

2. Out of cage (Now if we apply the same thought process here that we do to in cage feeding then we have to conclude that your snake is now being conditioned to associate handling with being fed.)

So if we apply this equally your snake will either bite you when you get in its cage or bite you when being handled because of how it's being fed. This is not the case for virtually everyone, the whole concept is chopped liver.

Both sound silly when you put it in that context because that's such a catch-22. One feeding a week or every 10-14 days is not enough to condition your snake to associate anything with feeding except maybe its hunger. I'm thoroughly convinced that it seriously doesn't matter.

[DooLittle]

I never feed in my tank, The blood that sometimes is stuck to the frozen mouse can come off and into the tank, and some of the "juices" come out of the mice, i dont need to clean my tank after every feeding.

I feed one live and the rest p/k. So I don't have to worry about any of that. We started out with f/t, but what a pain in the butt, plus takes up room in your freezer, if you have a few snakes. Much easier to hit the feed supplier once every week or two. BTW, when we did frozen there was never blood on any of them?

[DooLittle]

I'm glad to see all the responses... So far my research had stated that removing to feed was best because it gave the snake a positive handling experience (associating handling with food) but I'm totally willing to take the advice of owners over a canned article. Leaving in the tank to feed makes more sense to me.

You are pretty safe with bps in tank. I am not sure about the bigger ones like burms, I don't think you could transfer them to a "feed tank" if you wanted. But now sure how cage aggression is with other breeds. Never seen it in a bp tho.

[Vypyrz]

On the other hand, incredibly aggressive feeders (my boas ) don't care where they are or where they usually eat, if they smell food they're going to go nuts. Good luck trying to pick up a boa that smells food.

You got that right...

I'm actually thinking about putting handles on the doors of my PVC cages so that I can open and close them with the hook during feeding. Especially after the other night when the Maddy struck as soon as I opened the door and got me on the stomach. I didn't even have a chance to get the rat into the cage. Fortunately I was wearing a sweatshirt.

[akjadlnfkjfdkladf]

The logic that feeding in their enclosure makes a snake more likely to bite you because it expects food in its enclosure is bs on the basis that wouldn't a snake that was fed in a separate bin begin to expect food when it comes OUT of the enclosure (which would be alot worse)?

[(James)]

The logic that feeding in their enclosure makes a snake more likely to bite you because it expects food in its enclosure is bs on the basis that wouldn't a snake that was fed in a separate bin begin to expect food when it comes OUT of the enclosure (which would be alot worse)?

Exactly. This is always my response.

[ShutUpAndSmile]

Two of my snakes I feed out of the enclosure.
One I feed in it cause thats the only way he'll eat it.
And two I feed in separate containers in their enclosure cause they like dark to eat.

I mostly feed out of enclosure cause I don't want the aspen sticking to the mouse.
And with the one I feed in the enclosure he's on indoor outdoor carpeting.
And my kingsnake I feel like I have to feed him out of the enclosure. He already tries to bite me all the time when I go to pick him up. No need to give him another reason.

[Daybreaker]

Only one of my corns is in a tank and I feed him in that. All my others are in tubs and I feed everyone in their tubs. I have yet to have anyone try to strike at me when it wasn't feeding time (or strike at me at all).