feeding in rack or in separate area

[RAWRcarrie]

I let my snake choose, most of the time he doesn't like to eat in his home. I have a bin that i let him feed in.

[CrystalRose]

All of mine eat in their enclosures. Never had a problem so far.

[OctagonGecko729]

I dont think BPs are capable of this association. Retics are though. However I'd much rather have a retic that is "aggressive" in the cage then in some bucket in the middle of a room where it can freely move. Then you have to move this hyped up animal back to its cage after feeding. Feeding outside of the rack/cage is one major ingredient in the recipe of producing a SFE(stupid feeding error) and getting yourself killed if your working with animals that are capable of it.

[200xth]

I've always found the cage aggression thought interesting for two reason.

1. Opening the enclosure puts him in feeding mode.

You feed him once a week. You presumably change his water every day, or at least a few days a week. Why doesn't opening the tank kick off a response of "Here comes fresh water!".

2. The idea that opening the enclosure prompts the snake to bite you because it thinks your human smelling hand is food.

These are animals with such a good sense of smell some will eat only mice and not rats. Obviously, they can tell the difference in scent between types of rodents. However, stick your hand in there (without previously handling a rodent) and the snake is suddenly confused to the point that it will bite you immediately because it's mistaken you for food.

Not a mouse. Not a rat. I know what they smell like. I don't know what this is so I'm gonna GRAB IT because it's food!!

If it was that easy to confuse the snake and it's sense of smell, there would be no mousers anywhere.

I don't care that people feed in a separate feeding tank (to each his own and if it works for you, don't change it), but aside from you keeping multiple snakes together and they need to be separated so they can eat, the reasons make no sense to me.

[southbay54]

I dont think BPs are capable of this association. Retics are though. However I'd much rather have a retic that is "aggressive" in the cage then in some bucket in the middle of a room where it can freely move. Then you have to move this hyped up animal back to its cage after feeding. Feeding outside of the rack/cage is one major ingredient in the recipe of producing a SFE(stupid feeding error) and getting yourself killed if your working with animals that are capable of it.

lol yea taking retic out to eat would be death wish in the making for sure