feeding in same tank or different

[toe_knee]

i have been getting in mixed info on if it is better to feed in a different tank. i would think that they would rather eat in there enviroment vs. something else.

[Emilio]

I feed all of my snake's in their enclosure's and I've never had a problem.Some people believe that if you feed in their enclosure , your snake will connect the opening of his her enclosure to being feed. If you handle enough and you make sure your hand's do not smell like their meal you should never have a problem. I've never been bitten..

[rabernet]

I also feed in the enclosure. Someone here, I forget who, made the point that if the argument can be made that the snake may think that the opening of the enclosure means they are going to feed (and thus more likely to mistake you for food), the same argument can be made that every time you move your snake to a new enclosure, they will associate that with feed and be more likely to mistake you for food in those situations as well.


Do what works best for you. For me, it's feeding in the enclosure.

[Crow]

I also feed mine in their enclosures....no problems so far!

[toe_knee]

do you guys feed live??

[rabernet]

Yes, I do.

[toe_knee]

kool thanks guys

[toe_knee]

well lucy did it. i tried to feed her in the same tank. she hasn't eaten for 3 weeks. droped in the mouse, mouse goes in lucy's hide not even a 1/2 a second. DEAD thanks for the help guys!!!!

[frankykeno]

Congrats on the successful feeding. We also feed all our BP's in their home enclosures. We feed live rats of appropriate sizes.

[Jeanne]

Either way that works for you is great! I feed all my snakes in a feeding bin, but when they are taken out for cleaning and such, they go into a snake bag, so they dont think that another enclosure/container always means being fed.

Also, I do feed live to my ball pythons, but I NEVER EVER leave/walk away from them once the rodent goes in for safety reasons. My bp's eat live only, in the past I tried to switch them over to P/K or F/T, but they all quit eating..for months. My boa is fed P/K or F/T though, as he has NEVER had a live feeding, although, a long time ago, I did try a live mouse with him when he was a tiny little guy, his feeding response seemed very slow and he was not very responsive, like he was unsure of this thing that should not be moving that much, seeing as though he is use to P/K or F/T. He just would not mess with the mouse. Period. So I have continued him on F/T or P/K.