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Corn Went Balistic In Feeding Box

bitsy said:
Nope, gently moving them from tub to tank then leaving them in peace, is fine. The "no handling for 48 hours" guideline refers to taking them out for playtime or exercise.

I've used that technique for my bunch for years and never had a problem.
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Still, it seems like an awful lot of work for those of us with bigger collections... if I had to move 16 snakes every week for feeding, it would take me HOURS! Especially since I have a few picky ones, who need the "teasing" with tongs method to eat anything - and about 8 who only eat live, meaning I have to supervise the feeding closely. Everyone has their own method that works for them, so I was just suggesting the OP feed in the enclosure. :shrugs:
 
Absolutely. I was answering this question and comment Lolo:

Also, isn't it bad to be moving them around immediately after a meal? I don't handle mine for 2 days after feeding, and just think it's risky to move them with a full belly.
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I wasn't suggesting that everyone should feed in tubs, just that moving them briefly and gently after feeding in tubs - if you can or choose to - wasn't a regurge risk (or at least, never has been for me in 19 years). Plus I have 14 snakes and tub feeding is no big deal. I don't feed them all at once - just two or three at a time.

There are as many husbandry techniques as there are keepers and I'd say at the moment I'm seeing about an even split on this board between those that feed in the main tank and those who feed in a separate tank. Each has pros and cons - there's no right or wrong way of doing it.
 
I think the tongs may have scared her. I personally think the tongs are more for a snake that was raised on live and you want to move it to f/t. Those would be adults not babies. That said I have 3 snakes that won't eat if I don't dangle the pinks a little. For them I barely open the lid of the feed box and angle the pink or fuzzy by the tail and wiggle it a tiny bit. Takes barely one second and SNAP the snake is going hog wild squeezing then eating :) Itty bitties see anything bigger than them as a threat, its instinct. Oh if you want to feed in the viv, just be sure they can't injest wood bedding by offering it on a plate or paper towel or something. Or use paper towels as your bedding. Hope I helped!
 
How about itty bitty tongs for itty bitty snakes? I use a pair of tweezers to dangle pinkies for Attitude. She (I am pretty sure now as I have watched Kathy Love's video & this one pops female every try!) sometimes wants tease feeding & sometimes wants to be left in the bin. So first we try the feeding bin for 30 minutes with the lights off. If that's no good I warm up the pinks & try the dangle with eyebrow tweezers. I tried dangling them from my fingers but got "got" so I went the tweezer route & it seems fine.

Edit: I ~like~ tease feeding. It's so cool to see my snakes strike, so quick, and I think it gives them a little exercise even though they are strictly on "frozen dinners".
 
@ Lolo Just my experience here, but I beg to differ that it is just a myth that snakes sometimes associate feeding in the viv with your hand which can lead to bites. Out of 13 snakes I only fed one in it's viv, the first one we had. We had if for about 4 mths before it decided that every time my hand came in the viv, it meant food but once it made that decision I could not put my hands in the viv without being struck at and bit, whether or not it was feeding time. It took about 2 more months of feeding in a separate container to retrain the snake that food only came when in the feeding bucket and then I no longer got struck at and bit every time I put my hand in the viv.

Since then all snakes after that one have been fed in separate feeding tubs, and I have never had that problem again.
 
As the posts above said, I think tong feeding has its ups and downs. I use tongs for a few of the f/t eaters, like my mojave ball who simply won't take still prey... it can sit on the floor of the tub all night uneaten, but one jiggle on the tongs and BOOM he's got it. :gj: As with feeding in or out of the enclosure, it's just a matter of finding what works for you & your collection.
 
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