he knows the feeding routine

[tryme]

Hi all,
The other day I posted about getting to know your snake. Well I could tell Heston was hungry.
I was a little cautious about feeding him tonight as he went into his new enclosure just today. But I could tell by his body langauge he wanted a meal.

So any ways ive defrosted/thawed out the fuzzy and done my usual routine of heating it up to about 31-32c on the corner of his heatmat outside his enclosure.
the whole time this fuzzys sitting on the matt this snakes going absolutely crazy. i can tell hes real fired up he knows whats coming.

as soon as i open the lid hes shooting up towards me (not striking but just approaching fast tongue flickering).he does a little head twitch and shoots back a bit (hes still a bit head shy from above) and as soon as that mouse hit the deck hes on to it in a flash. he hit it like a steam train.

i only fed him on the 24th so im not sure why hes so hungry - not that im complaining!

any way, now im sure he knows my routine. im slightly concerned that one day in the not to distant future im going to have a 5ft python shooting out and latching onto me. is this likely to happen?
this kind of happened when i had my corn. i could see he knew when it was feeding time, even before i slid open the glass on his viv he was ready and waiting to strike.

i dont want to feed him outside the enclosure as he is still shy and i think this could set him back.

[SRMD]

feeding every 4-5days when they are younger is normal, i would doubt that he would shoot out and latch on to you, because if he did do this he would realize you are not food and would release, just try opening the lid from the cage much slower and not fast!

If it does become a problem, just do not pre-scent the room like you are doing, if you don't want to pre-scent... defrost/thaw and warm up in a completely different room then just bring the prey in ready to feed because your ball will not be expecting a meal.. but i think pre-scenting is great

[Talae]

I wish I could get mine excited about f/t. I tried for six weeks before I gave in and went live. Today will be his third live.

[SRMD]

Never give up! need patience with ball pythons lol