question about feeding tubs

[squashy]

ok so i am going to make a feeding tub and am just wandering how you do it. Do you put the tub in the cage, take the lid off then when the snake goes in put the lid back on, and then take it off in say ten minutes to let the snake come out?

 

[Beothon Lover]

i just put my corns in their feeding tub and the place the mouse in and close the lid and then they eat and i let them sit for a couple minutes to let the meal settle then i very carefully and gently put the back in their tanks to digest

 

[squashy]

oh so you don't actually put the tub in the cage then?

 

[mbdorfer]

I feed them in the tub outside of their "cage". This gives me the opp. to really clean up their living quarters so when I put them back they can immediately make a huge mess :grin01:

 

[laceyjane260]

I don't put a tub in my vivs. I put my babies in the tubs and feed them there. I ususally put the mice in first, than the snake. One of my guys gets excited and strikes at the mouse when I add it after placing him in the tub, some how he misses the mouse and gets me... go figure.

 

[Weebonilass]

I've also always used the feeding cage as a time to clean and re-organize the main cage. Never thought about putting it in the viv itself. I would just let them crawl out of the feeding cage into their viv when they were finished, so I didn't handle them right after feeding.

 

[MegF.]

I have big cardboard boxes lined with paper towels as most of my snakes are over 3 1/2 ft long. I put them each in one, give them the mouse, wait until they're done, take them out and put them back home. Start over with the next group!

 

[Checkerbelly]

How do you guys not get bit when transferring back to the cage? If I touch my snake after feeding, he will spin around and grab me without even thinking. Maybe I need to feed him more. :eek1:

 

[Weebonilass]

Sounds like your guy is still hungry My guy has never offered to bite me.... knocking on wood.

 

[MegF.]

They can have a fairly strong feed response. Usually I wait until they are starting to crawl around the box looking for a place to go lay up, then I pick them up. If I tried right away, I'd probably get tagged too. The other good time would be when they've just got the food down past their mouths and are working it down their bodies. Can't bite you then...mouth is still slightly full.

 

[ADevil]

How do you guys not get bit when transferring back to the cage? If I touch my snake after feeding, he will spin around and grab me without even thinking. Maybe I need to feed him more. :eek1:

Or wash your hands so they dont smell of mice :licklips: before putting him/her back :grin01:

A. Devil

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[Nanci]

I feed my small snakes in disposeable rectangular Glad or Ziplock containers. I use a regular hole punch to punch holes around the perimeter of the lid. I write each snake's name on their own container. I prepare the mouse, put it in the container, put the snake in the container, and cover the container partially with a towel, in a dark room, with (yes, I had one escape so now I am paranoid) a gallon water jug on top, and watch through the cracked door till the snake is finished, then I gently carry him back to his own tank. I don't mean I watch the whole time, just that I can see in to keep track every once in a while on progress.

The adult corn goes in a plastic shoe box. She's the one who escaped because I was impatient with her because she was in the middle of multiple refusals and I had a live rat pink that she was ignoring. But I was so scared by her escape, even though I tore the room apart and found her (in the disconnected dryer hose that goes to outside!!!) like in five minutes, and now even though I check and recheck that the boxes are sealed tightly, I still worry...

Mine are very active when they go back into their cages, but no one has ever tried to bite during the transfer.

Nanci
Nanci

 

[BeckyG]

Just because the snake bites you doesn't necessarily mean it is still hungry. Snakes are opportunistic eaters and will eat when there's food there (kinda like me and chocolate ). When food presents itself, they sort of go into a hunting mode and it takes them a while to settle down.

When I feed the ones who are a little dicey, I just put the feeding tub into the container and let them crawl out on their own.