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Feeding Boxes

J

Jaybonez

Feeder
So, an age old question;
What are your guys/gals feelings on feeding boxes? :argue:

I know it is said to not handle your snake just before and after it has eaten,
so if you are to use a feeding box, how do you move your snake to the box, and then after it has eaten, back to its enclosure?

My understanding is that feed boxes are used to help you not get bitten when reaching into your snakes enclosure for handling.
what are your experances' with this?
are snakes that are feed in another place other than there enclosures less likely to bite when you reach in?

Jay
 
If the majority of the time you are opening the cage is to feed, then yes, the snake will lifely get into the habit of strikiing when you open the cage.

I feed in the enclosure, and I have no problems. I also handle them when cleaning, weighing, taking photos, etc.
 
I feed in the enclosure.

Some snakes are just prone to be nippy - nothing you can do about it. But where you feed them has never been scientifically proven to have any effect on that. Just anecdotes from people.
 
I have no real concern about being bitten, but we've been feeding in a separate box. If nothing else, we get to easily watch him eat.

After he gets weighed and checked over, he goes in the box. Once he's done swallowing and starts moving around, we just quickly pick him up and put him in his viv by his warm hide. It's not much handling at all and he's never seemed to have any issues with it.
 
I also feed in tubs and I just gently pick them up and place them back in the viv when they've swallowed all the way.

My hatchlings are being fed in the deli cups they were shipped in, so I gently tip the cup onto the substrate in the viv and they slither out.

I know people say either way is okay but I don't want to worry about them eating the substrate.
 
I feed everybody in their enclosures. I have no desire to spend the time moving snakes to separate bins then cleaning all those bins again.
 
I will thaw my feeder out and put it in a long baking pan ( lol its strictly for feeding lol ) and i put my feeder on a plastic spoon and bring my baby out put her in the pan and then move the thawed feeder around ! And then once she is done eating i take the pan to her enclosure n guide her to the warm side n i don't have to handle her


Just a good old Canadian Alberta girl 😝
 
I feed in in a separate bin as well, but only for the fear of them swallowing some substrate. I am a believer in the fact that if you do not only open the cage for feeding, you would have no problem, but like I said if you are like afraid of your babies getting in some substrate then rather feed in a tub, imo I don't really consider picking your snake up and just placing it into the cage as handling and I know I might get criticized for saying that, but it is just my opinion.
 
I feed in a clear bin too, mainly to avoid potential substrate-swallowing/impaction, but it's also quite handy to be able to subtly supervise the process and make sure everything is going well. My girl has grown quite used to her feeding bin. She knows that once she's in there, food is on its way. She is incredibly good at discerning between my fingertips and a mouse, too, though I think this may have more to do with how I handle her than where I feed her. Some old vet tech habits die hard, I guess, even in species my clinics didn't see. ;)
 
I've not had any problems with substrate. I think, unless you're putting a sopping wet rodent in, that can collect a lot of substrate, it should be fine.
 
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I feed my older snakes in their enclosures. My babies are fed in a separate bin to avoid eating any substrate.
 
I feed in the enclosure now, except for Worm who refuses to come out to eat if there is aspen available to burrow in. :)
 
I feed in the enclosure, but have tried both ways.
 
I feed my girl in a feeding box, after handling, and often with her riding along on one hand as I get the feeding tank ready, after the kids get a chance to hold her, and she does some casual slithering around. Pretty bomb-proof feeder - and I'm lucky, I know. I prefer the feeding box to keep things clean, substrate free, and makes for easy viewing of the process.
 
Don't feed in the enclosure. Feed in separate. The handling should not cause any major problems if its a simple transport from one to another.
 
I don't think you really need to tell her how to feed her snake as if she's committing some mortal sin feeding inside the viv. Both methods are perfectly acceptable, and not every snake will feed in a separate enclosure.
 
I fed little Plissken in a separate container for the privacy and security, he was a very picky eater. Isis gets fed in her enclosure, and the only time she's come near striking my hand upon entry, was when there was a rat in it.
 
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