Thanks for everyone's concern here and to answer questions: I have a total of 15 snakes and 20 eggs (yes, corns) as I write this with another girl due to drop in the next week or so. ALL my adults (4 @ 40"+) are housed in their own 40 quart sterilite containers, my sub adults or younger in 15-28 qt style. Sometimes I house my young ones together for a few months but ALWAYS remove them from each other for feeding, spraying each one with a little warm water after they have eaten and before they get put back in their bins. I never feed with my hands, always tongs. I feed my adults in their bins simply because I do not have room to keep bringing in extra feeding containers for each one nor do I have the time to patiently wait while each one eats let's say in the bottom of my shower for example ;o) Which by the way is the one place I ended up getting a nasty bite in Jan. '05 from my amel. male after he was done eating and I went to pick him up to put back in his house! It is easier for me to feed each adult in their own space on a paper towel (well, that's where the food starts out at lol) and stay in the room to watch them closely all at the same time. It saves me about an hour doing so. I also try to feed food items dry or nearly dry but totally thawed to reduce further the chance of getting substrate clinging to it. I've had snakes for the last 7 years now but I got my first one when I was 10. I have never had a problem and pray I never do ;o)
