there is not any "can or will" statements anywhere in my post nor is there any absolutes. What I posted was a suggestion. Please feel free to read the post again if needed. If you read Jeff's post he first starts off trying to insult me, great start. Then next comments that in some way I think my way is "better" or the best way where nothing like that was even mentioned. Next substrates have been known to kill snakes of all kinds that does not mean it is going to happen but it can and no where in my post does it say its a "done deal" and look forward to it happening. Lastly anyone that has not been bitten by a snake has not been keeping them for very long. Ask any large breeder and they will tell you that people that are bitten are normally bitten during feeding times. Again that does not mean that it will happen and no where in my post does it say that it is "going to happen". In that same breathe why would you turn your tank into a feeding area buy spraying it with a rodent scent is beyond me. That is usually used for animals that will not eat or on pre-killed/frozen thawed prey. Your ball should have a normal feeding response with out having to be enticed by spraying the inside of the cage. But with that being said that is left to the thread poster to decided what he or she wants to do. No one is right or wrong here so no one should critique one another suggestions unless a person is putting some ones animal in mortal danger and if that is the case that is left to the Admin of these forums to decide whether it needs to be pulled or not.