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Do you feed in separate container?

Where do you feed your snake?

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Nanci said:
I feed in separate containers. Then I can scrub waterbowls, pick out poo, weigh the snake...
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That's the way I do it also... and I also try to take measurement pictures at least once a month. Of course, I currently only have 6 :)
 
Drizzt80 said:
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26359&highlight=paper+towel+ingest

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40200&highlight=paper+towel+ingest

Substrate isn't any more or less dangerous than what may be present in a separate feeding container. For the record, in 20+ years of maintaining snakes, I haven't had a single problem (yet) with feeding on substrate. I do recognize there's a potential for problems with it, but you make choices every day.

D80
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Your brave... I couldn't post that as I didn't want to tempt fate....;) LOL
IMO I think that when your new to snakes and feeding, a separate container is ideal.... It saves all the other newb posts and the worry. But as you move on, you find a way you know you can feed safely.
Drizz, Torsten, etc are prime examples of finding a happy level.....
 
I feed in a separate container so they will not associate my hand being in the viv as "feeding Time"
and so they do not consume aspen....
I aslo let them sit in the feeding bin for a bit before I gently slide them into the viv from the bin...it s easy and makes sense and I have had NO problems with the snakes and regurgitation of their food....:cheers:
 
Seperate container. Mostly for all the same reasons listed above.
Whenever i take out the DC shoes box she knows its feeding time
 
I feed in the tub. I make sure that the prey is dry if the zip-loc bag leaked during thawing, so that minimizes the amount of bedding sticking to the mouse as opposed to if the mouse is wet.
 
I like to take all my snakes and put them into a huge Rubbermaid bin at the same time and toss in mice, one at a time, and let them fight over it. :grin01: :sidestep:
Jay :cool:
 
I have a small collection and I feed in seperate bins. If I had a lot of snakes I'd feed them in their cage. It's nice to feed in a seperate tub, but it's not necessary. My two cents atleast.
 
I fed my Amel in her tank for a little while becausse she was high on a self and it was a pain to get her out, but I started to realize when I opened the tank to get her out or clean she thought it was feeding time and started gettig antsy. So to keep them from thinking I'm food I take them out to fed them now.
 
I always feed my snake in her viv. I put a piece of newspaper in the slidey door side and put the mouse on that. She still strikes her food so sometimes she drags it off of the paper. I just watch to make sure she doesn't eat tree parts.
I guess Cheerio knows the difference between a hand and a mouse. I clean up her viv with mouse smell on my hand, reach in and move things when she KNOWS it's about time for food, never a problem.
 
DYK if you had a Florida King, you'd never dare touch your snake with mousey smell on your hands!!!
 
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