Feeding Tongs?

[Trisnake]

I have the regular old hemostats, I believe 16 inch long, non locking.

In all my years of snake ownership, I have yet to have a snake stab itself on it or even grab them in any way.

I usually hold the rodent somewhere over the shoulder.

Using bare hands is not all that advisable. Sure, it can go well many times, until it does not. And a feeding strike/bite is a LOT more painful then a defensive nip. Ask me how I know

Thanks for the quick reply I know it's not the safest or most advisable thing to do, I guess I've just never had an incident where something that wasn't supposed to happen actually occurred. I've always been quite careful but I know it is more of a "when" scenario than an "if" one; with my boyfriends concerns I've actually been thinking about getting a pair for myself as well, and I think I probably will. If not for my safety than for the safety of the snakes, as my biggest concern with receiving a bite from one of my babies would be injury and stress to them rather than me lol.

I'm glad to hear you've never had an issue. Perhaps I am too cautious in that regard. Either way, I've found a pair of looped hemostats on the Reptile Basics website that I fairly like, and am highly considering those. However, if I could just pick up a pair of bamboo tongs at the grocery store and save time and money I might do that. Thoughts on how those might work out?