Any tips (feeding bps)

[Maddumpling]

Not any tips on switching, but tips on how you don't flinch when feeding ball pythons I flinch everytime I feed my snakes and sometimes cause the snake to miss the food so lately I just drop the rats in the tubs, but some don't eat because of this so I need some tips to not flinch. Kept bps for like 2 years and I still have flinching problems. lol

[craigj1187]

lol good luck

[Capray]

Are you feeding frozen/thawed food? If so, perhaps just use the tail to scoot it around a bit, so when you flinch you won't move it much.
I think you'll get used to it eventually.

[Kodieh]

I still flinch, but I also hand dangle food items to them. I think I probably always will. Leaving the food in their hide over the hot spot and see if they take it. That's how my first one took his first ft.

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[Annarose15]

Are you feeding by hand, or with tongs? There's no way I would put my hand close enough to a hungry BP to dangle a rat by its tail. Some of my big girls literally hit so hard that fur flies! Tongs put me an extra foot from the action (16"), so the only time I jump is after they nail it.

[Kodieh]

I have always and probably will always hold the tail by hand. My big spider let me pull his shed out from under his chin and then. Ailed the rat a foot outside his tub this past time. I actually laughed and smiled. ;

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[Annarose15]

Yeah, IMO the tail is the nastiest part of the rat. I have zero desire to touch it.

[jbabybulldog]

Try using, tongs with wearing gloves maybe. I currently feed live so I don't have that problem. I wish I could get mine to switch to F/T

[Maddumpling]

Funny and embarrasing thing is I use tongs. Still flinch like a b----

[Kaorte]

I think it just takes some getting used to. I don't flinch at all whatsoever anymore.

What are you afraid of?