Also, too many pet stores have multiple snakes per enclosure, so they MUST feed them separately & outside their home turf.Originally Posted by Reinz
Welcome to the forum arachnidsgrip.
Even though the big box pet stores still have feeding in a separate enclosure in their brochures, they are behind the current guidelines.
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To the OP:
I concur: feed snakes where they live- not in other containers. Some snakes are shy & refuse to eat after you handle them (just to put them elsewhere); bolder or hungrier snakes may mistake you for dinner; either coming out or going back, they're more likely to bite you when you're handling them around feeding times. Many stay pumped up (in "feed mode") for hours or even a few days.
Feed f/t prey to snakes using tongs if you can- but if you can't (for those that do best with "drop-feeding"), just use something* for a "plate". *It can be cardboard, plastic (a large lid perhaps), ceramic, or even a real plate, just not paper or fabric (such things pick up moisture, stick to the prey, & may be accidentally swallowed along with the prey, necessitating emergency surgery to save your snake's life, since snakes cannot digest such things- they don't have the right enzymes for that).
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