The main reason I feed separately in feeding containers is so I know who ate what when, and can keep a precise record of feeding by each individual. So it is not so much that I would expect them to start dining on each other with food present; it would just be hard to keep track of the intake. If I really thought they would eat each other like shark feeding frenzy if I put the food in the cage with them all together, I would not co-habitate them in the first place. I do keep everybody well fed so nobody feels compelled by hunger to eat a cage mate. That is another place the detailed records come in handy. I know that everyone is getting regular meals. My only limited experience is with pyros and Pacific gophers and bull snakes. Don't know about other kinds of snakes. Obviously this would be unwieldy if I had as many snakes as many of you do.

An exception to container feeding is my very shy Pacific gopher female who I feed in their cage after taking her mate out during feeding her, as she is too shy to eat in the feeding container. Her mate is one of my friendliest pits and will eat from my hand. Totally different personalities!

Too bad we live so far apart; I would love to see you feed your snakes. Maybe you could make a video of it?
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

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