I don't have all that many but I'm with you on this and would worry too much about moving them causing some of the more shy balls not to eat. Years ago when I switched from corns to balls I quickly gave up on feeding dead because I experienced a lower success rate and I've become a bit paranoid about anything that might interfere with my balls eating. My spiders where well over a year old before I finally broke down and watched them feed for the first time to see if they strike well or wobble because I had read about that as a possible time to see problems but normally I never watch balls feed. Recently I started raising ASF's in the same small snake room and I am starting to have to be a bit more careful cleaning cages as having ASF's inches away seems to get a good feeding response out of them but I'll take the occasional strike as long as they feed well. Never used to have a problem when rodents weren’t present as they quickly sensed the difference between a cleaning cage open and a feeding cage open (except for a particularly mean mom and daughter that strike defensively).

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