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Laid back feeding

jhammer

jhammer

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I know a lot of people's snakes strike and coil their food in an aggressive manner. A friend of mine has a corn that will not eat unless you have tongs and shake the mouse in front of it's face. Has anyone had a snake that eats in a very casual way? My snake Rocky is very laid back when it comes to feeding. (Well, he's very laid back anyway!) He's about two feet and eats fuzzies. But I noticed that he just wants me to drop the thawed mouse in his feeding tub with him and he'll take care of the rest. Talk about self-sufficient! He just casually slithers up to it and opens his mouth and eats it.
 
Yup, Kieran wants me to drop it. When he was younger, I had to put it in, cover him up AND turn out the room lights before he would eat. Nicevenn, also, won't take from my hand.
 
Hah, Cornelius gets a literal EZ-chair when he eats. I put him in his tub with two pinkies, cozy the container in the warm spot of his viv, and cover the cage. He's also a spoiled brat, but ya know.

I only do that because he wouldn't eat when I first got him, and that solved it. I occasionally take the tub out for a picture or two while he eats nowadays though. :eek:)
 
When I got her, Zipporah wouldn't eat unless the mouse was already lying motionless in the tub when I put her in. She wanted no part of anything that looked even remotely like moving prey. Wizard, on the other hand, only wants to eat if is IS moving.
 
all of my snakes except 2 or 3 will take the mouse/rat from the feeding tongs....some are quite energetic about it and will strike and constrict their food but most will just ease their way up to the tongs and gently take the mouse/rat from said tongs.


there are a few that require me to place their food in their feeding tub and then me to cover them up and turn off the lights so that they will eat.
 
The non agressive feeding response is usually a result of being conditioned from eating f/t prey. It is one of the benefits of feeding f/t since it will greatly reduce the chances of a bite from a SFE.
 
danny819 said:
The non agressive feeding response is usually a result of being conditioned from eating f/t prey. It is one of the benefits of feeding f/t since it will greatly reduce the chances of a bite from a SFE.
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I totally agree....except for one question. What's a SFE?
 
SFE = stupid feeding error. Things like not washing your hands after touching prey then touching the snake, dangling prey in front of the snake then letting it strike out of your hand, he misses and gets you. Basicly getting too comfortable and not following proper feeding practices, sooner or later you take a hit and it was almost always an error on the handlers part.
 
Yep i have a little Okeetee at work that needs that pinky to be lying there and nudges it a while before deciding to eat. It easier to feed that way especially when you ae feeding 18 snakes at the same time, but definitely more fun when they strike and take it from the tongs.
 
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