Don't listen to the nonsense of the other replies to your post. There is no need to feed the burm in another cage. This practice is dangerous when the snake becomes large because it will associate you taking it out of the cage with food. What you need to do is de-program the snake's food response. This is accomplished by using a small snake hook (a glove, rolled up news paper will also work) to touch the snake on the head when you are entering the cage for purposes other than feeding. After a few sessions of doing this the snake will IMMIEDIATELY realize you are not opening the cage to feed it and shutdown its feeding response. This will not work if you are starving your snake or are not using proper husbandry techniques (clean cage etc.) and in that event you deserve to get bitten. If you want solid information on big snakes forget kingsnake.com its for hacks. Register at http://www.bobclark.com/bcforums/. -- Scorpius ZenWarrior

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