Feeding tank or not?

spots · 10-18-11, 10:52 PM

Just a question to see what there's a majority of.
Just wondering how many people use a feeding tank for their snakes?

I use a feeding tank for my BP, In the hope that it will not allow my spots to be aggressive in his own home. Reason is my 5 1/2 year old daughter likes to get him out of his viv. (But only when I'm standing there.)

Thanks for all those who participate

Jimi

stephanbakir · 10-18-11, 11:00 PM

I've bred and worked with everything from corns to retics and hots, ever once used a feeding tank, some of those snakes have been the most tolerant snakes in the world, some have been the nastiest.
No one I know uses a feeding tank.

SSSSnakes · 10-18-11, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

I've bred and worked with everything from corns to retics and hots, ever once used a feeding tank, some of those snakes have been the most tolerant snakes in the world, some have been the nastiest.
No one I know uses a feeding tank.

Ditto, Feeding tanks have nothing to do with a snake being aggressive or not.

Strutter769 · 10-18-11, 11:09 PM

I have the same question, actually! The two feedings my new BRBhas had since bringing her home have been in a separate tub. I've read where people put prey on a plate to avoid ingestion of substrate, and the snake now reacts to the plate. Thought about trying that but her 10gal. is pretty restrictive.

SSSSnakes · 10-18-11, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by strutter769

I have the same question, actually! The two feedings my new BRBhas had since bringing her home have been in a separate tub. I've read where people put prey on a plate to avoid ingestion of substrate, and the snake now reacts to the plate. Thought about trying that but her 10gal. is pretty restrictive.

I fold a paper towel and out a pinkie or a fuzzie on it to feed some of my smaller snakes.

spots · 10-18-11, 11:12 PM

so what your say is if I all ready have a good tempered snake then I can just feed him in his viv? I guess even if he wasn't good tempered

lol
the problem is every where you look there's so many different opinions.

I have read books saying to use them, I have also read books saying not to! Same with web information.

So now I don't know what to do

stephanbakir · 10-18-11, 11:14 PM

Plates are fantastic, the only reason I don't use them for retics is because the sight of the plate sets them off on a feed mode, and I can't guarantee that when I do an educational show with them that there won't be a plate in the room.

spots · 10-18-11, 11:19 PM

[QUOTE=stephanbakir;639914]Plates are fantastic, the only reason I don't use them for retics is because the sight of the plate sets them off on a feed mode, and I can't guarantee that when I do an educational show with them that there won't be a plate in the room.[/QUOT

Well that's the idea i have heard about feeding in the viv, that every time you open the viv your snake will be thinking feeding time, and bam by accident you get bit.

So in conclusion I think I will stick to separate feed tub/tank.

Nismo89 · 10-18-11, 11:35 PM

Snakebytes tv actually did an experiment where they fed some in the enclosure and some in a different container and it doesn't really matter. If you think about it in the mindset of "if I feed in the cage it will think when I open it means feeding time" then wouldn't the same go for feeding out of the cage because when it is put that way then that would mean that when you pick the snake up and move it it thinks its feeding time. If that were the case I'd rather my snake be bitey before I grab it then once its in my hand it thinks food and wants to bite. Do you get what I'm saying? Oh and I feed both my BP and BRB in their enclosure and both are tame as can be. Even when I open the cage and they can see the mouse/rat I could still pick them up I just don't try to (why induce stress right before feeding). It's not until the prey is actually in the enclosure that they even care about it at all.

stephanbakir · 10-18-11, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Plates are fantastic, the only reason I don't use them for retics is because the sight of the plate sets them off on a feed mode, and I can't guarantee that when I do an educational show with them that there won't be a plate in the room.[/QUOT

Well that's the idea i have heard about feeding in the viv, that every time you open the viv your snake will be thinking feeding time, and bam by accident you get bit.

So in conclusion I think I will stick to separate feed tub/tank.

I may have explained that wrong, when I want to feed a snake, I just feed it, when I want to take it out, i break the feed response with hook training. The argument you made was "opening the viv will set off feed mode and get me bitten" the counter to that is "opening the viv and taking the snake out could set off a feed mode and get me bitten"

Learn to hook train your animals and you will never get feed response bitten again, the only 2 bite types left are aggressive (rare) and defensive (common, but often misunderstood and called aggressive)

spots · 10-18-11, 11:50 PM

I have never been bitten

Thanks for clearing that up! My BP is supper tame

I think I would have to try really hard to get him to bite me.

stephanbakir · 10-19-11, 12:10 AM

The only time I've ever been bitten/struck at by bps was mothers on eggs and lil wee babies lol, even then its rare.

sassy_snake_lady · 10-19-11, 12:42 AM

I feed all mine in their tanks (apart from my hognose who will only feed in a tub).

**millertime89** · 10-19-11, 01:39 AM

first two feedings for my BRB were in separate tubs, haven't done it since, used the plate method last week and it worked great.

Lumin the retic · 10-19-11, 02:21 AM

i used to feed my burm in a tub but then trying to put her back in the tank was a hard job. since i brought a retic ive started feeding all my snakes in there tanks and it the best way for me and when i go in to get them out they dont think im food there all very good snakes..