Quote Originally Posted by Zincubus View Post
Boas are generally such good feeders by even bother having them strike feeding ?

I drop feed my Boas / Retics / Burms ... just drop the rat down on a piece of card ...




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I hear you Zincubus. Good idea.

However, this is difficult with Behira (BCI). It works well for my corn snakes, but not so well with her.

First, she tends to strike the acrylic doors in anticipation of the rat. I want her to strike the rat and not the doors, so I get it in as quickly as possible. She's usually on it quick too.

Secondly, if I put it down, she smells it and goes ape - striking at anything. I would rather get her to strike the rat and know she's not going to damage herself!

However, she's an odd duck. I would love to put it down and let her grab it, but I have to choose the lesser of the evils. That means tong feeding for me. Oh, boy! It will be fun when she's a big girl!