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i just moved my bp to the feeding tank to eat and how long should i wait until i move hime back to his cage??? how long do you wait??

melissa

Keep your snake in its cage!! (is that a pun?)
Why would you feed your snake outside of its cage? if you have a particle substrate just put newspaper over it so it cannot injest any during feeding.
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 tiger crested gecko (peachs)
0.1 Red blood python (Rhianon)
0.0.1 ball pythons (FELIX!!!!!)
2.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, Bear, and Tony)

"scientia est vox"

I too feed outside the cage for 2 reasons. First, I dont want my snakes associating me reaching in their cages as it always being time to eat. 2nd, I too am worried about accidentally having the substrate swallowed. As for when to return them, after my snakes get the food all the way down and they begin looking around for a hide, I put them back into their cage.
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1.0 Albino ball python (high contrast)
0.1 100% het Albino ball (high contrast)
0.1 Normal ball
1.0 Candy cane cornsnake
1.0 Golden Retriever pup
1.0 Ferret

I think the price of an albino, or any morph, can vary quite a bit from breeder to breeder. The "list" price on the Bob's website is $2,500.00 You can look here:

http://www.bobclark.com/prices.asp

Once again... good luck!

I hear about seperating snakes to another enclosure for feeding. Is that mandatory? I am currently using Aspen Mulch substrate, and I feed my BP in the same tank. If the Mulch is accidently swallowed, will that cause a problem to my snake?
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It makes good sense to feed in a separate feeding box especially if you have substrate that could be swallow by the snake. Swallowed substrate has the potential to cause impaction problems in the snakes digestive track. Why risk it. The only exception I've heard is about Aspen, supposely it is digestable if swallowed.

Wood is Cellulose, no wood product is digestible.

Mark

>>It makes good sense to feed in a separate feeding box especially if you have substrate that could be swallow by the snake. Swallowed substrate has the potential to cause impaction problems in the snakes digestive track. Why risk it. The only exception I've heard is about Aspen, supposely it is digestable if swallowed.

No wood product is digestible. I stand corrected. I did further research and found at this URL

http://www.anapsid.org/substrates.html

Wood is indigestible, however it may or may not cause impaction. Some substrates will pass through the digestive tract without causing impaction.

My main point, however, was "use a feeding box" and "why risk it."