She is on cyprus mulch, I have found that when I place newspaper in the tank the snake recoils away from the paper after the strike. Should I take her out of the tank if I feed live ?
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Should I take her out of the tank to feed her ?
Ceetee
Jan 13, 2004 06:36 AM
Replies (3)
robyn@ProExotics
Jan 13, 2004 02:06 PM
we have never fed animals out of their cage, the logic behind that has never made real sense to me.
if you get a Blood in the habit of feeding outside of the cage, when that animal gets larger, you are going to have a real interesting situation on your hands...
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jordanm
Jan 13, 2004 02:54 PM
I do this with my larger male, and have never had a problem. He kept scooping up substrate when he was attacking the prey and would thus retract the bite. I've been doing this for over two years with him and havent had a problem yet, hes very tame tho. It also helps him know its feeding time. He perks right up whenever I put him in the tub...tho sometimes he gets confused when I'm trying to soak him.
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googo151
Jan 13, 2004 04:20 PM
Hey,
I don't find it either to be a problem, unless you are already starting out with a difficult animal to begin with. I feed several adult animals at a time that cohabitate, and must as a result, separate them during feeding, lest I have a problem otherwise. I find that they are most receptive to feeding outside of their normal cage, and don't present any threat or problem during or after. I house several pairs of babies too in this way and don't find it to be a problem either. I place them in one or more, Rubbermaid shoe box during feeding and leave one in its cage and feed the one in it normal set-up. I think that it is purely a judgement call, and what works for the individual.
I think that what Robyn is saying is that, there are and have been instances where taking an animal out of its cage to feed in a separate container, can lead to the animal associating you with food and resulting in a bite. But, conversely, I've heard of this same thing happening under normal cage situations, so again, it is all purely what works for the individual keeper and the kept.
- Angel
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