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| athena1 |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 02:19:08
Hi all! Am a first time snake owner and the person we got the snake from said she'd always fed in the viv; offering frozen mouse on a plate. We've had the snake about 2 months now and have been doing this...offering the mouse on a small plastic plate. So far, so good I guess....our snake feeds readily and hasn't had any problems....has even given us an awesome shed since coming to live with us. Opinions seem mixed about feeding methods....should we try moving her to another container??? Thanks! |
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| CharlieD |
Posted - 03/06/2009 : 15:53:50
Heya. I Always now feed out of the viv. As above, the reasons are pretty much the same. I don't want Cleo to risk swallowing substrate, and I don't want to risk a confused and biting snake in the viv. I often let others take her out of the viv and encourage them to put their hands into the viv so that Cleo can climb onto them and come out (by choice rather than being chased around and dragged out) It is really important to me that she doesn't confuse a friendly hand with food and bite. The result is that she is very friendly, especially when hungry as she knows what it means when the icecream tub is taken out, eats well and (touch wood) I've never had a problem handling her to pop her back into her viv after food. Now looking to upgrade from a baby tank to a larger wooden viv but will continue to do the same.
Totally personal choice though. |
| magneticblue |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 17:48:03
I feed all of mine outside of their vivs just as a precaution to swallowing substrate. Of course it could be argued that they could swallow much worse in the wild |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 17:04:26
some will feed in tubs and some wont as the other have said, if he takes it keep to that. |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 13:17:03
quote:
Originally posted by kazerella
I do the same, all of mine are fed outside except the royal, who won't eat if we take her out.
I think it's important too so that the snake doesn't associate things coming in the viv with food. I think your much more likely to get bit if that case. We take all our out into a cat litter tray and they associate being placed in that with a incoming meal. 
feeling blue today Kaz, not purple??  |
| Gingerpony |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 13:15:52
quote:
Originally posted by athena1
...offering a frozen mouse on a plate.
hope that was thawed and heated up!  |
| Kazerella |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 13:15:32
I do the same, all of mine are fed outside except the royal, who won't eat if we take her out.
I think it's important too so that the snake doesn't associate things coming in the viv with food. I think your much more likely to get bit if that case. We take all our out into a cat litter tray and they associate being placed in that with a incoming meal.
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| Gingerpony |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 13:14:39
ity depends on the snake really, my corns are generally fed in tubs outside their viv, for all the reasons Kehhlyr has stated above. however my boas i feed in their viv, they are on newspaper and shredded paper as substrate so there's very little risk of ingesting substrate. and particularly with my big Dumerils boa when she's got a whiff of a meal i don't really want to be sticking my hands in the viv to get her out!! |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 02/06/2009 : 03:06:58
Feeding is a matter of choice really, there is no definate correct way to do it.
I feed my snakes in a separate tub out of the viv.
I do so because I then have no risk of snakes eating substrate whilst gobbling a mouse, which is probably the most common reason why some people feed out of viv.
The other reason I feed out of the viv is because one of my snakes used to have an issue with ANYTHING going into her viv, she always assumed it was food.
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