1st top-opening plastic tub placed on warm surface @ 30C. These work for me.

2nd Just keep your appendages beyond the strike range (about 50% of total length - to be sure. Use long tweezers or similar to offer food.

3rd Try not to over-feed your adder. Adders of all species tend to get very obese in captivity. An adder will quickly train its keeper to offer food at will, just by wiggleing its tail. Adders will often caudal lure when they see the keeper enter the room. They get a mouse, and the behaviour is reinforced for next time. Many of the photos in texts are of fat pet snakes not wild ones. Most adder keepers have never seen a naturally-proportioned wild adder. I suggest 1 weaner per 10 days, or adult mus every 2 weeks.

NB These are just my opinions based on keeping several species in Aus.

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