How many of you pre scent when feeding

[Bruce Whitehead]

I live in a one room space.

13 snakes, 16 breeder rats and around 30 pups at all times.

The pythons are about ten feet from the breeder rats. But when I bring the feeder tub next to the rack, suddenly all heads are popping out looking. Just moving the tub that distance makes them that much more attentive.

I also, do as the other poster noted, and I feed my most aggressive feeders first. Usually as soon as I pull the tub up. I let them strike and swallow, then I feed the less aggressive feeders.

The colubrids are on the other end of the space. They are so attentive to feeding day, that I swear they hear the blowdryer. They are my only FT feeders and they are alert while the prey is defrosting, but as I walk up to the enclosure with the FT warmed prey they are there to meet me at the gate.

Bruce

[BostonMacK]

I only have the one ball that I bought from NERD and I still prescent when feeding. I can get him to eat without prescenting but I usually need to make the rat (FT) do the zombie dance for a few minutes to get a strike. When I thaw the rat out on top of his enclosure the entire day of feeding I barely get the doors of his cage open before he's locked on the rat.

In short I guess what i'm saying is that I get a much stronger feeding responce when I prescent. It's kind of like me on Thanksgiving smelling the turkey cooking all day, by the time it's time to eat my stomach's in knots.

[mwedgley]

It's kind of like me on Thanksgiving smelling the turkey cooking all day, by the time it's time to eat my stomach's in knots.

Good job putting it into terms we can relate too. lol

[Texas Dan]

I do!

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[APBTOwner]

I have never had to present.

I know a lot of people do and I'm sure it works great for them. I find it to be over rated though.