why does everyone hate on out of cage feeding?

[EL-Ziggy]

A few simple reasons to not feed snakes outside of their enclosures.

Klauss has the longest strike range of all my snakes and like most snakes he's EXTREMELY fast. The first, and constant, challenge is getting him out of his enclosure with no bloodshed or poop. The second obstacle is where do you put a hungry 8.5 ft scrub python to feed him? Is this an open or closed container? Either one has it's own set of problems. Let's say you get this far and then manage to get the rat to him. Then comes the hardest part. Moving him back into his enclosure without more bloodshed, more poop, AND maybe he pukes. I've assessed the risks and benefits of this scenario and it's a hard NO for me. When I feed him in his cage I can safely slide open the door, step to the side, offer the rat on some long bbq tongs, stuff him back into the cage with the rat in his mouth when he lunges out, close and lock the cage, and move on to the next snake.



She-RA is my only snake that I can't feed from tongs. She's a food psycho! She's the snake I always feed first. I don't even know if you can call it feeding. It's more like wait until she's looking away, quickly open the door, throw the food in, and shut the door before she lunges out of the enclosure. The other day I threw the food in, she missed it but lunges halfway out the enclosure as I'm closing the door. The rat was behind her but I still had to use a hook, which she bites anyway, to stuff her back in her cage. Outside of feeding times she's usually a sweetheart but does have her cranky days too.



Monty isn't a big guy but gram for gram he hits his food harder than any of my other snakes. I'm a little scared to see how hard he'll hit as an adult.



The prosecution rests.