Do you feed in tank?

[Annarose15]

when I originally posted this I had a lot of the same questions to. reading your posts makes me a little leary. everybody says there is no such thing as cage aggression but they're certainly seems to be something going on with yours. I'm not a huge breeder either I just want to make sure my kids will be safe if they get into the tanks. I will be curious to see some of the responses. I am still on the fence about this .

So, because one person witnessed an improved feeding response (out of 91 posts), you're worried about aggression?

He weighs around 150g and eats 23-28g adult mice every 5 days. On the third day he ALWAYS starts prowling like he's hungry.

This just seemed strange because I've never seen him act that way in cage, almost striking at me when I've clearly just covered my hands in sanitizer and there's no mouse or rat anything except the little stain on the paper towel.

People all over this thread are talking about how there's no difference in behavior and I noticed a pretty huge one immediately after switching. It made me think...

Do the 50% of owners who feed in tank with less than 10 snakes do it merely because the breeders do? The breeders do it for convenience and because they're not really worried about shaping a nice family friendly animal, just a fat healthy one? I'm not taking stabs at anyone, but these are questions I'm asking myself after seeing this night and day change in my pet. I'd be really interested to see some input here from the owners who have more than 10 snakes and feed out of their cage and why.

I will try the hook if the behavior continues, or maybe just switch back.


EDIT: These people- Mistress, ninerballs, RobNJ

Are people calling feeding behavior in their cage 'cage aggression?' Is this just a case of mislabeling what, to me as a casual pet owner, is an undesirable behavior?

For one, I definitely agree that many people who fear "cage aggression" confuse it with a good feeding response. Personally, I'm more concerned with my animals eating properly than whether I have to tap them with a hook to get them to "snap out of it." Were your snakes striking at you two days after feeding, or just on their regular feeding day, when they could smell prey? I fed my boa for 19 years in his tank, and never had him strike when there was no food around. I feed my BPs in-tub, and have no aggression issues when I handle them on non-feeding days.