Feeding In Separate Tub

[Craiga 01453]

Looks like mixed opinions, lol. A lot of people for and against, both online and in real life. I guess it does ultimately boil down to what works for me and my bp. Like I said, I'm not worried about anything else other than impaction, but I can always put paper towel or print paper on top of the substrate. I was also told since snakes are capable of digesting small bones there shouldn't be adverse effects even if he does swallow one or two pieces of substrate. I'm not ruling out the tub w/o trying it first, though.

Thanks to everyone for commenting so far.

You're definitely going to get mixed opinions on this topic. Like Zincubus mentioned, probably about 90% feed in the enclosure, myself included.

Snakes have very impressive digestive systems which break down bone and fur. A little substrate will not hurt them. They would have to ingest and swallow a pretty large chunk for it to cause any health problems. And, as mentioned, laying a paper plate, paper towel, whatever, will help alleviate this concern, but isn't 100%. Sometimes they will drag the prey item off the plate or whatever and inevitably get a little substrate.