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Seperate Feeding Box

Lore

Lore

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So I'm finding that when my 3 need to eat on the same day that it is getting increasingly more difficult, and with 3 more on the way around August, I need to have a feeding plan in place.

I finally will have to break down and use seperate feeding boxes to make feeding more efficient (currently I put a bowl in their viv and let them feed in there and they leave the bowl when they are ready and I remove the bowl)

However with 1 that will not eat without a lid on their bowl, another that has to be enticed so much that I practically animate the mouse into mouse of the living dead to get her to nab it, and course my first corn Phinius is a perfect gentleman, gets into his bowl takes his fook 1 by 1.

I have made 3 feed boxes out of old wipey boxes (who knew those things had such a use) ;)

(sorry I tend to be long winded... now for my question) :rolleyes:

My question is to those of you that use seperate feed boxes, how do you transfer them back into their viv without stressing them out completely? I dont want to cause a :puke01: :shrugs:

Thanks :wavey:
 
I am not sure what the more experienced members do but I find that if I take the lid off my feeding container and hold it inside the viv they normally slither out on their own. On occasion I have had to gently handle them into the viv but have not had a single regurge (knock on wood). I have read where some owners have advised that a gentle handling to put them back in their viv is not detrimental to the meal they just ate but I still like to err on the side of caution and avoid it if I can.
 
A couple of options....first, just pick them back up and put them back. This small amount of handling is not likely to cause a regurge. Just don't grab where the food lump is.

If you are not comfortable doing that, simply put the entire feed box into the viv and let them crawl out when they are ready.

I've used both of these methods, and they work for me.
 
They're not as fragile as you think right after they eat. I simply scoop them up and put them back in their cages or gently dump them out of the feeding box and let them slither on.
 
Thank you all for your info. I do tend to treat my snakes like they are glass once they've eaten.

I have my viv's on a shelf, so some have a tight fit into the top of their viv so I'll have to scoop and put them back in by hand, the one on top can be "poured" into the viv, so I guess next few feeds I'll see how each react and if any do get overly stressed about being put back into their viv by hand I'll put their viv on the top shelf so I don't have to handle them.

:cheers:
 
1. Not an expert, just my thoughts. 2. All separate boxes. 3.Feeding day at my house has been a circus lately, but I read on one of the polls about feeding: to put the box or whatever in the tanks let them crawl in and out on their own. I tried this, not because of regurge, but my oldest snake is a beast in his feeding box. Worked great for me. Before this I did the put the box in after eating and let them go out. Hope there is some help here, susan
 
SilentLore said:
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There's no reason to use profanity. :santa:

I have a hard time lifting Clinton out of his feeding container. Anything that moves is a meal to him if he's been in the container. I usually just put the container in his cage and let him crawl out. But I have dumped him with a not-so-soft landing and he did fine.
 
I used to do separate boxes but the numbers are too great for me to do that so I put down newspaper and let them coil and I make sure they are on the middle of the paper. They always finish where they start accept for a very small number of grab and slither feeders. With them I do tend to watch them and when they start to swallow I move them to the paper. They are not glass and they will be fine.
 
Slippery Ernie said:
There's no reason to use profanity. :santa:

I have a hard time lifting Clinton out of his feeding container. Anything that moves is a meal to him if he's been in the container. I usually just put the container in his cage and let him crawl out. But I have dumped him with a not-so-soft landing and he did fine.
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Ok... that caused uncontrollable laughter followed by a snort. :twoguns: :cheers:
 
My boxes are too large to place back in the viv as some of my animals are 4 ft. or so. I just reach in and lift them out. I have a few that are a bit ravenous killers afterward, but I kind of use one hand to keep them busy while I pick them up with the other. Even my most nervous snake has never had a regurge (knock on wood) and I'm sure yours will be just fine too.
 
I just put the feeding container in the viv and my snake slithers out on his own. For some reason he hates being touched after he's eaten; if I try to pick him up he goes wild. So I just put in the whole box, seems to work fine.
 
I feed in 18 qt sterlites, so placing them in the viv to crawl out on their own isn't an option. For the bigger snakes I use a lid, so I tip the tub on its side then open the lid over their vivs and they crawl right out seeming to recognize their home. For the smaller ones that have to fit between a small gap between the viv and shelf, I tip the sterlite and let them slide into my open, flat, hand, (for the kings I wear a glove :grin01: ), and then I place them into their tank. I have tried tipping the smaller ones into their tanks over a branch and had them miss the branch and go straight to the bottom, but my aspen is pretty thick and didn't seem to have any affect. The easiest ones are the ones that will only eat in the snake bags since I just untie the top, set it in their viv, and then just tip until they slide right out. As far as feeding all on the same day, that does take some time. The shop I get my feeders from gets their shipment on Wed. and it's a race to get there before the major keepers buy up all the rat pinks and mouse fuzzys, so that's the day I feed the little ones. I can buy hoppers, rat pups, and mice from a couple places, so I feed the big ones on Saturdays. Once they all get big, I'll just split the feeding by shelf unit...
 
for my last feeding i tryed soemthing new, i just put a paper towel in the viv under his hide and then put the fuzzy on top under his hide. he ate it up no problem, after a few mins i just slid the paper towel from under the hide. anyone else tryed this?
 
Hurley said:
They're not as fragile as you think right after they eat. I simply scoop them up and put them back in their cages or gently dump them out of the feeding box and let them slither on.
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"I conquer." -Lenny from The Simpsons :crazy02:
 
My rainoo is small enough to feed in a cricket tub and I either scoop her out and pop her in by hand or gentley tip her in depending on how soon after she's eatten she goes back in her viv. If she goes back in later on and her food is at least half way down I will lift her back in if she needs to go back in sooner then shes tipped backin.
 
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