Tank Aggresive

[Bogertophis]

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.

Yeah, BIG mistake to under-estimate your snake's ability to smell food in the room! And then show up as "warm & wiggling" nearby... Oops!
IF you forget that your snakes don't rely much on vision (other than to chase motion) & DO rely on scent & warmth to find prey, they WILL "remind you".

[Alter-Echo]

My bps won't eat if moved, neither will my hognose. My kings and water python will, but then getting them back in the cage without getting mauled can be a problem. Lol

[Craiga 01453]

My bps won't eat if moved, neither will my hognose. My kings and water python will, but then getting them back in the cage without getting mauled can be a problem. Lol

I'm convinced that my King would eat in front of a sold out stadium on the 50 yard line as part of the Super Bowl halftime show!

[Bogertophis]

I'm convinced that my King would eat in front of a sold out stadium on the 50 yard line as part of the Super Bowl halftime show!

One time I had my 2 large male Florida (yellow x gulf hammock & poss. Everglades?) rat snakes at our local library for a kid's program. This was the one & only time
I've ever fed snakes for a live program, & I carefully packaged 2 just-thawed large mice "to go". I handled each snake & talked about snakes while the kids touched &
admired them up close, then I put each one back in their temporary large plastic "critter cottages" & explained what was next: these snakes are normally BONKERS
for food (like feeding a hungry BCI) but because they were in such unfamiliar surroundings, each one actually hesitated and then ate as politely as your Aunt Bessie
& her crumb-cakes! So you never know...and they were just as "polite" afterwards...I handled them one at a time a bit more, hahaha! Maybe this was better
though, their normal reaction probably would have scared some of them, or at least the librarian. (at least one kid "wanted to see them eat live" )

[Zincubus]

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.

Is Tank Aggressive the US version of the UK's Viv Defensive ?


Everyone over here seem to feed in their viv /tank/ rub ..

I simply couldn't imagine trying to feed my King snakes in separate tubs ... same applies to Burms and Retics ..


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