Feeding Inside or Outside the Vivarium.

[swannyuk]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to know how people feed their snakes.

So do you guys feed your snake inside or outside the vivarium and why?

[theoremofgoats]

I feed my ball python and BRB inside their enclosures. It gets rid of the stress of being moved and I don't think the whole aggression deal is a thing. I feed my corn snake outside of the enclosure simply because it's easier for me due to the way all my enclosures are stacked and set up-and she's always ready to eat so it's not a problem with her.

[Megg]

I feed my BP in his enclosure. I've never fed him outside, and he's never shown any aggression. He's prone to fasting, so I don't want to lower his chances of eating even more by moving him around. Also, I thaw his food in the same room that he's in, and I don't want to move him after he's smelled it- I'm afraid that would be asking for trouble.


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[redshepherd]

The general consensus seems to be that feeding outside the enclosure to prevent aggression is just a myth. There's no actual proof that feeding in a separate tub helps with anything except adding some level of stress on the snake.

[ballpythonsrock2]

When I first bought my BP, I tried to feed it outside the vivarium live and f/t but it really stressed it out. One time the mouse was actually trying to get out climbing on my snakes head. After reading on here and watching snakebytes tv on ---> You tube. I realized it would be better if I fed it inside it's vivarium. And wow what a difference, but it eats only live and I'm going with it. I'm tired of trying to get it to take something it seems to hate, (f/t) My wife wants me to go with live, my snake does, so why not. It loves to strike inside or just outside it's hide, ( mostly inside ) lately it has been as soon as the feeder sticks it's head in the door. I can tell when it is hungry now when I see it's head waiting just inside the door of the hide. I just went from large mouse to small rat and it is working perfectly. My snake is very skilled at quickly dispatching it's prey. And so far not a mark on it. But I think it is important to go with the appropriate sized feeder. Never too large. I would rather feed it 2 mice, then one too large a rat. Sometimes I think, if they could, the snakes would would go out somewhere and bring in some road kill and say here eat it. Actually I think they eat what they are use to eating from the start. Live or F/T People can switch it (sometimes) if you want, but I'm not.

[tbowman]

Can we not go three days without this thread being created?

[frostysBP]

Can we not go three days without this thread being created?

Well said. Search button must be broke.

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[maudie]

I've always fed all my ball pythons outside of their enclosures and it's worked so well for both me and my snakes - my girls couldn't be any sweeter, plus it's cool because they know that shoebox = feeding day

[stuka1166]

I have fed my BP in a separate enclosure since day 1...In fact, when I move her to her feeding box, she "knows" it's feeding time and waits with her head elevated.

Most of the time, she meets the F/T rat as I lower it in the box.

My only issue with feeding her in her enclosure, is that the F/T rat will collect substrate and my BP will ingest it.

I use ECO-EARTH...I am not sure if it's harmful if ingested.

[DVirginiana]

I have fed my BP in a separate enclosure since day 1...In fact, when I move her to her feeding box, she "knows" it's feeding time and waits with her head elevated.

Most of the time, she meets the F/T rat as I lower it in the box.

My only issue with feeding her in her enclosure, is that the F/T rat will collect substrate and my BP will ingest it.

I use ECO-EARTH...I am not sure if it's harmful if ingested.

lol This thread's kind of dead.

But eco-earth won't be harmful if ingested. The particles are small enough that they don't block up their system; it's what's recommended for pacman frogs (which eat more substrate than just about anything else I can think of). You can also place the rat on a paper plate in the enclosure if you don't want it to get substrate all over it.