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Just Watched...

snakemom1961

snakemom1961

Spring is here!
Just watched Snakes on a Plane. Other then finding it a bit "hokie" it was alright for entertainment purposes.

What bothered me the most was watching the "extra's" and seeing the snake wrangler talk about his snakes and showing certain snakes feeding. In the video the 2 snakes they showed were being fed on thier substrate.

Now, why does anyone on here waste thier breath on the proper way of feeding snakes when you can watch this movie and it's extra's and see a so called "expert" who feeds his snakes on aspen which we all know could kill a snake if any of it was injested with the food.

Would like to hear others input on this...
 
The chances of a snake dying by ingesting a little bit of aspen are slim. I feed all of my adults in their sterilites and just flip over their hide dishes. I'm not naive enough to believe that they always keep their prey there and never get any aspen on the mouse.....
 
Wow, thanks Joe. Your the first I've seen to say Not to worry about feeding on substrate. I'll probably still feed in paper bags, but if the time comes I don't have the paperbags available, I'll try not to feel as guilty as I did in past for feeding on substrate.. Thanks again.
 
I think people with 800 (or maybe even 100) snakes are not going to be able to feed each in a separate container.

Nanci
 
Um mm, i like that hide idea, Damien doesent ever refuse food, nor does he wait, he goes straight for it, so if i turn his hide upside down to feed him, it will be alot easier, he hates coming out to be fed because he hates being put back, also he smells mice on me sometimes and strikes, so it would make things alot easier..


Thanks,

on-topic, i hated the film i think it is promoting snakes to be evil, and yes they can be little critters at times, but being used a lethal way to hi-jack a plain is just silly, i think they would curl up and sleep :p maybe thats just Damien : P

Well.. i don't hate the film, i guess its good like you said for entertainment, but i bet a few people have gone of snakes or flying because of it..
 
I feed my snakes in a separate rubbermaid simply for cleanlinesses sake. My king snake chews his food and usually makes quite a mess. It's easier to clean a rubbermaid than spot clean blood and guts off substrate.
 
snakemom1961 said:
Wow, thanks Joe. Your the first I've seen to say Not to worry about feeding on substrate. I'll probably still feed in paper bags, but if the time comes I don't have the paperbags available, I'll try not to feel as guilty as I did in past for feeding on substrate.. Thanks again.
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You've probably missed some of my posts concerning this topic, but I've always fed in the cage on the bedding. Knock on wood, but I've never had a compaction from ingestion of bedding (or compaction of any kind!). I also take a quick walk through after everyone's eaten to make sure there are no problems. I do keep my hatchlings on paper towels until they have 'graduated' to fuzzy size meals at the earliest.

D80
 
We have cut cardboard "mouse mats" we put inside the snakes cage to feed on...but they rarely end up eating on the mats anymore. They're digesting whole skeletons - a few bits of aspen ain't no thang. =)

I loved SOAP - I thought it was hysterical, both in that it's supposed to be cheesy and you know, killer Florida kingsnakes and speed demon burmese are comin' after you! Rawr! LOL! And I thought the snake wrangler was very cool - his top priorities were obviously the care of the animals AND making sure people were cool with them. =)
 
Nanci mentioned..

I think people with 800 (or maybe even 100) snakes are not going to be able to feed each in a separate container.
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We have 70 some snakes at this time.. We still take the time to remove each animal into their own seprate, substrate free feeding container.. Lord only knows that this is definantly becoming a big chore.. I can't imgaine what someone like Kathy, Don or Rich goes trhough around feeding time when the clutchs hatch.. Hench, I really do not want to ever get that big, just big enough to prduce some neat stuff though..

Regards.. Tim of T and J
 
I only feed youngsters on paper towel substrate in their tubs. Everything on aspen is fed in a separate container. I do this for a number of reasons:

1. Eliminates risk of substrate ingestion. This isn't a huge worry, but I do feed my snakes soggy mice, which increases the chances of aspen adhering to prey.

2. Gives me the opportunity to clean/spot-clean. I also get a chance to clean the water bowl and refill it.

3. Reduces chances of conditioning snakes to expect food to enter their tub when the lid comes off. Despite the fact that I don't handle my snakes much, I don't have any that lunge at me when the tub lid is opened (except for defensive hatchlings).

4. My snakes don't get handled much except on the trip to and from the feeding tub. This time allows me to inspect the snake, and even provides some exercise to the snake.

So yeah, it DOES take more time, but it's been working for me. :)
 
I swear Dean's been over to my place watching me and Jenn feed.. Pretty much the same schedule when feeding.. :cool: :cheers:


Now if I can only get the same food for my mice that Dean gets, I could have a super sized corn in a year.. :crazy02:

Regards.. Tim of T and J
 
I keep an inverted deli cup and lid in each baby cage, which they use for a hide and I use to feed them in. That way, they are more likely to notice a f/t pink, I can easily find it if they don't eat it, and the small snakes won't ingest substrate.

But all of my adults are fed directly on their aspen bedding. I used to use a piece of paper, but they always dragged it off anyway. The f/t or live mice are dry, and very little aspen sticks to them. Adult snakes are big enough that I feel that a few small pieces of aspen will pass through with the food without difficulty. I am not aware of any problems ever caused by feeding adults on aspen so far, at least in my own experience.
 
I feed mine on a granite countertop when my wife is gone.






















JK


I feed in the tub, front half of the tub is newspaper, I clean it off and feed them on the paper, in the tub.

Goose, gander etc..
 
Thanks for all the responses. I think I've seen more people who say they feed thier adults on substrate then I've ever heard of before. Makes me feel a bit better about having fed mine on her substrate occasionally. I always feed my two smaller ones in paper bags, But occasionally will just feed Tiaga in her cage.
 
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