Thanks so much! I think they are locking ones because they do have teeth at the handle end. I'll get a pair of non-locking, so I don't hurt Lilith. I've mostly been working on not being just a little grossed out by dead rats to be really systematic in how we hold it, but I will acquire more finesse as I learn more. (And we will not be getting a 7' constrictor anytime soon! It took me a couple of years to talk myself into getting a ball python, but my son adores her, so it's worth it.)Originally Posted by Bogertophis
The feeding tongs I use are either 12" tweezers, or 18" non-locking hemostats; I also still have 24" from keeping hots, no longer do that, but useful now & then for fishing things out of sink drain etc.
You really want NON-locking hemostats to feed snakes, so they don't hurt their mouth before you can release. Either kind I use will slide out easily. The locking hemostats have teeth that ratchet together.
Also, when I feed snakes, I hold the rodent by the back end to make it dance, & try to aim the head so that's what the snake grabs. It's no fun trying to get tongs away from a hungry 7' constrictor...
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