Different Feeding Place

[xman970]

So I am a soon-to-be ball python owner and I have been trying to figure everything out before I get my snake. I have a friend who feeds in a different location, I believe he usually feeds in his bathtub or something. His though process is the snake associates going to that place with feeding, and that it will reduce the likelihood of being bitten. Alas he has never been bitten, but I have also seen so much about their eating problems on this site and other places, and some people say that is not only unnecessary but can make the snake less likely to eat. What are your guys' thoughts? Note: I'm not planning to breed at all, I just want a friendly snake that can hang out with me and other people.


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[JodanOrNoDan]

You are going to find on this board that everyone is going to pretty much going to say feed in the animals enclosure. Feeding aggression caused by this is a myth.

[LiadanCroft]

It's a bad idea to feed in a separate tub/location. Theres a few reasons for this. First and foremost you have to return the snake back into its original enclosure, this can cause them to regougitate or vomit their meal, both disgusting and harmful to them. People do say they can get aggressive because they associate you in their cage with food, however this shouldn't haolen if you regularly spot clean and if yiu handle them every so often. What can happen is if you feed them in a separate enclosure they will associate that place with food and might attack everything that reaches the enclosure thinking its food since all it ever does there is eat.

Some people recommend scenting the room a while before feeding on feeding day, that way if the room isnt pre-scented they will know there is no food

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[PitOnTheProwl]

Its an unneeded stress on the animal....

[redshepherd]

Total myth... Just think, if the cage aggression theory were true, what would breeders with a hundred ball pythons do? They all feed their balls in the enclosure, or do you expect them to move each one to a tub/feeding container? That would take hours to feed them all. So does feeding in the enclosure lead to aggression? If it did, all breeders would have 100 aggressive ball pythons. LOL It just doesn't happen.

There's also a lot of good reasons to not try to move them during feeding, other than that too. It actually increases your risk of being bitten, since you're trying to move the snake around while it's in feeding mode. And then moving it back to the enclosure right after it eats causes stress, and can potentially make it regurgitate the food it just ate. Also, moving the snake to begin with causes some level of stress and can make it snap out of feeding mode- thus causing it not to eat at all. Just nothing good about it.

And for personal experience, I feed all my snakes in their enclosure. They are all docile and chill as can be.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Biggest myth among new owner is that feeding a snake in their enclosure will lead to aggression.

Facts

Moving a snake to a "feed tub" can cause enough stress with this species to lead to refusal"

Moving a snake in feeding mode which can happen hours before and after feeding will increase the risk of getting tagged.

Moving a snake or a BP for feeding is counter productive and there is no logic being it.

If you have a solid feeding routine same day every week your snake will know it is feeding day and will often start cruising for food before you even offer.

[xman970]

Yeah this all makes sense to me I had a hunch it wasn't a good idea. Thanks for the confirmation!


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