Re: How do you feed a snake without it biting you?
Originally Posted by xdeus
Not me. I don't take chances, so this is what I use on feeding day.
What kind of snakes do you keep? Wild-caught Retics ? Anyway, this situation doesn't matter with my Checkered Garter b/c his head is too small to get anywhere (that's why I feed him invertabrates), but I thought this could be a problem with the Hognose I'm getting in November. Basically I should put the mouse in the cage with tweezers and there's nothing else to worry about, right?
-Ryan Hardwikk (aka Member #6667)
My snakes:
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa ~Nephthys~ (aka "Linky")
In a better place: 1.0 PastelWestern Hognose ~Charon~ 10/3/07-4/24/09
If you need/want to know anything about Hognose snakes, just ask me.
Re: How do you feed a snake without it biting you?
Whether it is my BP or my colubrids I feed all of them in their enclosure, I am doing maintenance in their enclosure daily and they do not associate opening their enclosure with food they do however know when feeding day is, simply because they are conditioned with a good routine of feeding the same day every week and pre-scenting the room for a minimum of 30 minutes.
Originally Posted by Onua Nuva
I heard that one reason snake owners get bitten by their snake is because it may expect food every time the top is opened. How do you prevent this?
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Originally Posted by cassandra
? Anyway, this situation doesn't matter with my Checkered Garter b/c his head is too small to get anywhere (that's why I feed him invertabrates), but I thought this could be a problem with the Hognose I'm getting in November. Basically I should put the mouse in the cage with tweezers and there's nothing else to worry about, right?
-Ryan Hardwikk
