Feeding question

[04vette]

IM going to be feeding him in a separate Tupperware bin big enough for him but my question is should I put anything down on the bottom like paper towel or paper? Today is the first feeding day for me I'm pretty exited, I'll be giving him frozen hoppers because that's what he was fed before I got him, how should I thaw the hoppers out?

[OhhWatALoser]

Is there a reason you are feeding him outside of his enclosure? If reason is anything to do with cage aggression or food association, that is a myth

but if you still choose to, for just feeding I never really saw a reason to put anything down for a feeding tank, just clean it when they are done.

and YES thaw the hopper out, do not feed them frozen food.

[Reinz]

^^^^^^^^^^^
What he/she said.

[04vette]

I will try feeding him in his regular enclosure today, a good friend of mine has always fed in a spectate container and it always worked for him and had never had any aggression so I figured I'd give it a shot. If i were to guess I would think he was fed in his enclosure at the pet store because I dont see them taking them all out but i could be wrong

[SnakeBalls]

You're probably going to want to wash it everytime anyways, I've never used one. Usually all that is left is a little mouse pee.

[SRMD]

You really don't need to feed in another tub, this just causes unnecessary stress and could cause your BP to refuse.

I've fed my BP in his enclosure for 3 years, I have never witnessed any aggression from him towards me or anybody else.

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[Saber402]

I have always fed my snakes in their enclosures, with zero problems!

[EL-Ziggy]

I agree with the others, there's no need to feed them in a separate container. I COMPLETELY thaw the feeders at room temperature then I blow dry them to raise the temps to about 100 degrees before I serve them to the snakes.

[Reinz]

04vette, if you have not done so, you may want to read the thread "Old Age Question". It is in this section.

It's a bit long, but you may learn something.

[Borgpython]

Definitely no need to have a separate feeding tub. The process of transporting the snake could stress it out and cause its refusal to eat. Also immediately after eating they like to go hide and digest, cant do that in a separate tub, you will have to pick the snake up after eating and put it in the enclosure, that's not good it'l most likely stress it out and make it regurgitate its food out causing way more problems.

Some people say feeding in enclosure will cause feeding response in the enclosure and possible bite everytime you put your hand in there but that's not true, your snake can tell the difference between your hand and food. Another problem they say is that some substrate could cling on to the prey item and cause issues internally in the snake, yes that could happen but your snake can digest hard bones, it can digest a bit of substrate no problem. As long as its not a giant wood chip stuck in there then its all good, most substrates are fine and dont have sharp shards anyway's .

I've been feeding my bp in her enclosure and haven't had any issues at all.