Feed Day Handling

[ssg150102]

So today is feed day at my house. I have 5 BP. Two of them are VERY active. One male/one female. They all reside in the same room, all in their own tanks. The two active ones are next to one another on the same wall, and the rest are along the other walls. The other 3 are in their hides all day no matter what is going on. The active ones are in their hide until I come in the room, when I come in they light up. This is my office and I come in here to dress for work and sometimes watch TV if I want to be alone, so if I'm not paying any attention to them they eventually go back to their hides. Soooo, one of the active ones, the female Aset is VERY active right now. Almost like she's in distress. I've been here about 45 min now and shes been making laps around her tank the entire time. What's concerning me is, she's preferring to climb along the top of the tank, over the vines and bamboo sticks, and she keeps fallling. But she won't stop. Should I check on her or just leave her? My male BP Osiris went back to his hide a while ago but she hasnt. I'm suppose to be feeding them tonight and I know you aren't suppose to handle them on feed day, I just get the feeling she wants to be out her tank.

[nightwolfsnow]

My bp was doing that the other day more than usual and I figured out it was because the temp in my room had gone up and was making the tank warmer. Are the temps still the same? Orochimaru likes to climb up the tank and fall off, especially on feed day. It used to worry me, but he doesn't seem to mind falling. Maybe she is just hungry. I actually always clean the tank on feed day, so I take him out. Normally I put the mouse in there only a few minutes after he has been back in the tank. But my snake loves to eat lol.

[ssg150102]

Well the temp is lower than usual because they all got really hot yesterday for some reason. Like in the 90s on the cool side and over 100 on the hot. All 5 tanks. I have no idea what caused that. I was kind of thinking that may have something to do with it but none of the others are carrying on like she is.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

If you feed on a regular schedule your BP is cruising for food not because it wants to be out.

On feeding day the majority of my animals will cruise around their enclosure until they are fed.

Trying to handle your BP on feeding day can do two things, stress the animal enough that when you will attempt to it will refuse food or get you tagged.

Keep in mind BP do not want or care to be out of their enclosure or being handled, they tolerate being handled.

[Mike41793]

Trying to handle your BP on feeding day can do two things, stress the animal enough that when you will attempt to it will refuse food or get you tagged.

How do you transfer your snakes to their feeding tanks if you don't handle on feed day?? Noob!

[frostysBP]

You dont need to transfer them to a different tank...feeding in the enclosure is better for the snake

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[Eric Alan]

You dont need to transfer them to a different tank...feeding in the enclosure is better for the snake

Psst...

[Mike41793]

You dont need to transfer them to a different tank...feeding in the enclosure is better for the snake

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OK ya u do that, I on the other hand, don't want any vicious bps that will eat me in my sleep!!!

[Eric Alan]

OK ya u do that, I on the other hand, don't want any vicious bps that will eat me in my sleep!!!