Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead View Post
Just to clarify this. Your snake responds to 3 things, heat, scent and movement... which is why we tend to recommend people not make SFEs (Stupid Feeding Errors).

A hand that smells like rodents, moves like a rodent, and is emitting heat will get tagged as well as a rodent.

Hence using tongs, pre-scenting, and not handling when you smell like a rodent.

When my snakes are in feed mode I do not put my hands in the enclosure ever.
Interesting take on that. Never really thought of it that way. But one would think that they would become accustomed to repetition like most other animals.