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Feeding Tank?

If you don't already have a snake, don't forget that the only legal cornsnakes in NJ are the red-eyed morphs. :)
 
lol, yes, I know. I have my approved list of morphs. Stinks, I can't get the ones I initially wanted(or just provide documention proving they aren't wild caught) but lavenders are pretty nice. The ziploc stuff should be here Tuesday!
 
It was cheaper online for me. Based of my price list, stores were selling the started kit for $7 at the cheapest and it's $4 online. I haven't bought any extra bags yet, I don't have prices for those since I still wasn't sure which system to use.
 
I feed all my snakes in separate feeding containers, like for some I just use leftover glass aquariums or deli-cups and sterilite tubs, and while their eating I spot clean, change water and clean it, etc.
 
I feed mine in their cages. I just make sure the mice are really dry so the substrate doesn't stick to them.
 
I just use one of those plastic critter cages from the pet store. It's probably more expensive than getting a tub like Nancy has. I do like it because it has the grated top for air, and I can use it to take them to the vet, as an emergency enclosure, etc. But I'm sure those tubs have the same advantages at a lesser price.
 
It's definitely nice to get a few more perspectives on it. I work at a deli and have spare sterilite containers. So I think as long as I make sure those are clean, that might be what I go with. But since you brought up transportation, is there anything I should do for a less bumpy ride? (The herp vet and reptile show are both decently long rides)
 
I feed mine in a rubbermaid bin that I got at Wal Mart for about $4. I bought a piece of clear solid plastic to put over the top of the bin so it wouldn't be airtight and I could see where my snakes are at as they love to climb around. They seem to know once they go in the bin what is going on as my corn gets all excited b/c she knows a meal is coming. After I'm done I use a snake hook and cover my arms w/ a long sleeve shirt and my hands w/ gardening gloves as I move her back into her regular tank. She's always in crazy predator mode after I've fed her so I do the gloves as a precaution. I like feeding in a separate bin b/c you don't have to worry about substrate getting stuck on the rodent that you are feeding your snake. Have a good one.
 
When I transport a snake I make sure it is very secure. We have threads here every year about someone who has lost a snake in their car, or don't even know where they lost it. So I put a hatchling in a deli cup or Gladware with holes, with aspen or CareFresh, and put that inside a large Sterilite feeding container. (Which has air exchange where the handle goes in). Then make sure you don't leave it in a hot or cold car, so if you have to stop, have a bag or purse you can put the whole thing in to bring it in with you. A juvenile or adult goes in a snake bag, in a Sterilite so it can't be crushed.
 
Nanci thank you for your detailed layout! Going to get mine a bit better organized - my snakes are lucky in that they have their very own freezer! (I have a mini fridge with a real freezer up top and my Mum REFUSES to allow them in the main freezer in the new house.)
 
I just use an old aquarium tank. It's probably a 20 gal or so. He's been fed in that his entire life. My cousin had him before me and his friend before him.
So I have just left it at that. It has that crappy reptile carpet in it that has velcro so he won't burrow under it, but I just cover it with papertowels and throw them out and clean the carpet out.
I will be switching to a sterilite bin I think. I can't just throw out the reptile carpet junk because of the velcro they put on it. It's super sticky and poor Zep will just get caught on it or something.
Nanci is a rockstar!! I love it!
As for the frozen mice in the fridge... I just don't tell anyone they're there. HAHAHAHAA!!
 
I never was able to get my hatchling to eat in a deli cup or small bin, so he has a large sterelite storage bin. Overkill perhaps, but he should be able to use it forever, and I was at the point where I'd gladly kill to see him eat. When he's finally done savoring his meal I put a hide in the bin (toothpaste box at the moment) and he slithers in for a ride home. Spoiled snake? Quite possibly. Now if I could just train him to come out consistently when it's feeding time...
 
You _can_ train them to come out on feeding day! Start knocking on the viv when you start thawing mice. If you do it consistently, most snakes learn to come out when you knock. When I do this with Candy Cane, I say "Candygram!" I'm easily amused...Even little hatchlings can easily learn this. Even my _fish_ knows to come to the surface when I knock on the wooden ledge around the Water Garden!
 
feeding bins

When feeding all my corns first I never feed them in there envirorment for the reason being for when I open there enclosure to Handel the snakes I don't want to get tagged by the snake thinking I'm going in there to feed them. I use large Rubbermaid containers with air wholes drilled in them thaw out my mice in warm water and start too feed after the snakes are done I let them stay for about a hour and then pick up by the tail end and put them back into there envirerment. Snakeman2241966.
 
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