Tank Aggresive

[BPgirls]

So how many people actually fee their BP in a separate enclosure? I never really bought into the whole feeding them in their enclosure will make the more aggressive when trying to remove them.

[Craiga 01453]

There is no benefit at all to feeding in a seperate enclosure.
I have always fed all of my inside the enclosure and I have NEVER been tagged INSIDE the enclosure, never even struck at.
I have been tagged OUTSIDE the enclosure plenty of times.

[BPgirls]

I have been struck at once, but was my fault as my girl was in her hide facing the water bowl as I tried to remove it. Probably startled her and all she seen was a hand.

[Skyrivers]

I feed all my snakes in their enclosures. Even my retics with no issue related to feeding.

[JRLongton]

The only one I feed in a separate feeding tub is my corn snake, and that's because she's wicked dumb. Adorable and a great creature whom I adore, but as dump as a stump.

I used to feed in her enclosure, but she has the tendency to lose the food animal. Even though she was just biting it and is still partially wrapped around it, she just can't seem to locate it. Sometimes she'll crawl over it, embedding it in the substrate. Other times she'll bite it and drag it along for a while. By the time she finally finds the head and starts to swallow, the mouse would be covered with substrate like dough on chicken fingers.

In the tub, she seems to find the mouse faster, probably because there is so much less space, and its still nice and clean when she does get to it.

Otherwise, I feed in the enclosure and have no issues.

[Bogertophis]

I feed all my snakes in their enclosures, have for years & years, and have no trouble "communicating" with them when it's dinner time & when it's not...but you
just need to pay attention to what signals you're sending, because they sure are. Moving a hungry snake to another cage to feed, then handling it again to put
it back while it's still in "feed mode" is asking for trouble. Feeding mistakes are the WORST bites, & may be dangerous to you, besides being very unpleasant.

BPs are usually more docile snakes, so while you may be "able" to move them, it doesn't mean that you "should"- shyer snakes may not feed after being handled.

I could NEVER have moved the large female BCI that I had many years: her feed response was powerful...just opening her cage to get food in was a challenge,
never mind trying to pick her up while she was expecting dinner. No thanks...

[Sonny1318]

I have done both, one for way too long. There is no benefit what so ever to feeding out of enclosure, none.

[EL-Ziggy]

I agree with Craig. There's no benefit to feeding outside the enclosure.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

That's a MYTH I feed 100+ of animals in their enclosure once a week and so do many other.

Feeding outside the enclosure will get you two things, you will get bit it's just a matter of time because you are moving an animal that is in feed mode hours before and hours after it's meal.

Down the road you will also stress the animal enough that it will refuse to eat.

Ask yourself this would you feed a venomous snake outside the enclosure? Do you think their would be any benefit in doing so?

[tttaylorrr]

something i haven't seen brought up in this particular thread: picking up a hungry snake with food ready. no way in heck am going to pick up my Coffee Bean on feeding day with a thawed rat in the room to move her, as i'd practically be begging for a bite.