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laurarfl
at Thu Oct 9 08:12:39 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by laurarfl ]
Trust me. Feed in the cage. I had the 11ft python feeding outside the cage, it's not fun. While I feed my smaller snakes outside the cage (mostly), I do feed my ball pythons in their enclosures. I have three and I find them to be shy feeders. It works for me. We have a routine for feeding vs. handling and you can tell if they'll let you pick them easily or if they think you're feeding.
I've never had a scary issue with a feeding response with my Burm. In all fairness, I also don't think he has a very strong feeding response. But conditioning plays a strong role whether you feed in the cage or out. I have a corn snake with such a strong feeding response that even if you get him out of cage to feed in another container, he'll tag you and hang on tight, just from the anticipation of eating, I suppose.
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