Removing items in cage for feeding

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Looks like the clutter won out with you recommendations

That does not make it the right answer.

Here's the problem I've seen with the kind of set up you've built....it's not with feeding, BP's are pretty good hunters when they're in the mood, the problem is with the cleaning. The more stuff you put in your BP's enclosure, the more stuff you will need to completely clean every time you break the cage down.

The first few times we do it, it's all fine and well, but the more we have to do it, the more it becomes a PITA. So, human nature being what it is, we start to put off the complete cage cleaning, a little at a time...or, we start to not clean all the stuff in there as well as we used to.

Then the snake decides to finger paint with its feces one time, and you start to wonder why you bothered with all that stuff in there...

It can become a downward spiral.

Minimalistic cage set ups are easy to maintain, easy to clean, and honestly, all that stuff in there is for your benefit...your snake couldn't give a rat's butt either way.

But, having said all that, I don't discourage you from trying it your way. It's part of the learning process and the first step in the development process of being a ball python owner.