Hello all, I recently moved and now have more limited space in which I keep my snakes. I breed mice as well, and they stay in a seperate room, but I when I clean them out (several times a week)I have to do it in my snake room. Assuming I can clean the mouse setup in 20 minutes, for how long should I expect the snakes to be in feeding mode from the scent? They are all housed within 15 feet of my cleaning area. Reason I'm concerned is that I have a burm, who though diminutive and cute now, will get big and strong and I want to establish safe habits. Thanks for your input.
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Duration of feeding response
Kiknskreem
Oct 22, 2005 08:17 PM
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Sonya
Oct 22, 2005 10:42 PM
>>Hello all, I recently moved and now have more limited space in which I keep my snakes. I breed mice as well, and they stay in a seperate room, but I when I clean them out (several times a week)I have to do it in my snake room. Assuming I can clean the mouse setup in 20 minutes, for how long should I expect the snakes to be in feeding mode from the scent? They are all housed within 15 feet of my cleaning area. Reason I'm concerned is that I have a burm, who though diminutive and cute now, will get big and strong and I want to establish safe habits. Thanks for your input.
I have my reptiles and rodents in the same room all the time and have not noticed a hovering feeding response. They eat when they eat and the rest of the time they don't.
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Sonya
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althea
Oct 23, 2005 12:12 AM
all of my 20 snakes eat f/t except for one wc ball python. When I bring her box of live mice into the herp room, most of the others poke their heads out of their hides, tongues going a mile a minute.
Perhaps because it is not a smell they are accustomed to, it is interesting. Yet, if the mice were there all of the time, as in Sonya's case, the rodent smell would be "normal". If this is the case, by having your rodents as close to your snakes as you do now, you have established a "normal" rodent smell. If your snakes act expectant, I would move the mice. If not, maintain the status quo but remain watchful of their behavior.
Just some thoughts. . .
althea
