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Originally Posted by Scrappyeddie77
Just my opinion is that if you feed in their viv they tend to be more cage aggressive. I have tried both ways and the ones that I feed outside their viv are more chilled than the others. And I have not had any regurgs doing it the way I do it. When you take them out of the feeding box you are not playing with them or inspecting them you are simply moving them from one box to their viv.
I do have some well trained snakes lol I don't even use the tops of the feeding boxes and they don't try to climb out. I have my little ones on a 5 day schedule. Which gives me 3 days to handle them.
And a snake is always in a feeding mode you could feed every day if you wanted to power feed one but it is not good for the snake and it does shorten their life. Their body gets big and their insides are not able to keep up with their body. I think a lot of ball python breeders will power feed to get their snakes to breeding size. Which I understand why because that is a job and not a hobby and of course it pays for them to put out the newest morphs the fastest way to get the top dollar. I don't agree with it but I am not here to get rich off snakes I just love them and have always been that way. I still here stories about my first snake that I caught when I was 5. I have been lucky enough to have grown up in Florida where we have snakes every where. Sorry I went on there. But just my opinion do what works for you and always have fun with your snake and love them for their personalities all of mine have their own.
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That is false about them becoming cage aggressive if fed in their viv.
I have fed in enclosures since I started keeping snakes. I keep Cornsnakes, Kingsnakes, Carpet Pythons (IJ's, Coastals, Jungles, etc), GTP, and I fostered an ATB for awhile.
None became more aggressive due to feeding in their enclosure.
They become more adapted to handling, whether that is for feeding, cage cleaning, weighing, or just to handle them.
It boils down to what works best for you.