i have included a link to the most recent topic on this subject in the burm forum. im not posting to argue whos side is correct just to show you that there is another side and it has worked for me.
i am by no means an expert on snakes or boa constrictors but i am however in my senior year of college majoring in psychology. i have just finished a course in leanring and memory and have learned a great deal about this subject. the individual snake that this post was started about has indeed associated the cage opeing with getting food and thus provokes a feeding response. i feel that this is due to impropper husbantry as the owner had stated that they had not held the animal in quite some time. if the animal is exposed to regular interactions inside of its cage such as handeling and other husbantry activities there is no reason that there should be an association with opeing the cage and getting food thus no feeding response. i do however feel that if this particular snake is still small that it might be a good idea to feed outside of the cage just to break the association of food and cage opening but i still feel the safest way to feed larger snakes is inside the enclosure. callmedaddie again i am not trying to put down your experience or your knowledge as i feel you are a very knowledgeable individual and i am sure your methods work well for you. but as you stated in your post i CAN say that since i have started feeding my boa (about four years ago when i got him at three feet) inside his enclosure i have never not even once been bit or been shown any agression at any time.
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