Newly Aggressive Spider Ball..

[Capt.Britain]

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Good points!
I hadn't considered using a snake hook to help signal that difference for in-tank. That would make quite a difference.
But I don't use snake hooks, and we don't even have one on hand for our education snakes at the zoo since they're all so handle-able, so I wouldn't have ever thought of that. Plus feeding time is usually weekly cleaning time as well, so having snakes out of the tank lets me kill two mice with one stone.

What I was trying to get across, though, is the same thing you're saying. There are different parameters. Taking a snake out and letting it chill on the couch with you is different than taking it out and putting it in a separate feeding tank, so that act of taking the snake out alone wouldn't make it aggressive due to out-of tank feeding, and just as you pointed out, entering the enclosure wouldn't automatically cause aggression for a snake fed in-take.

[Physician&Snakes]

What I was trying to get across, though, is the same thing you're saying. There are different parameters. Taking a snake out and letting it chill on the couch with you is different than taking it out and putting it in a separate feeding tank, so that act of taking the snake out alone wouldn't make it aggressive due to out-of tank feeding, and just as you pointed out, entering the enclosure wouldn't automatically cause aggression for a snake fed in-take.

Yes the problem is, if I feed in a separate enclosure and I remove the animal from the cage, then the animal is in a state of "what is happening". The animal does not know it's handling time until the owner gets to the couch or walks around for awhile...in this little time window, you have major room for error; however, if I feed in the cage, then out of the cage automatically means no food.

I hear you on large collections, I used your "feed and clean" method at the store too simply due to the sheer volume of animals. One reason why I am keeping my collection under 30 specimens...I like the idea of being to instill behavioral cues in my animals