Feeding tank or not?

[Lankyrob]

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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.

This "logic" is illogical. PLease read on

If you feed in the viv then ecerytime you open the viv the snake will think it is being fed and will be "aggressive"

If you feed in a tub then everytime you take the snake out of the viv it will think that it is being fed and be "aggressive"

The arguments cancel each other out.

What you need is a good routine, i use a plate, with no plate in my hand i can open any of my snakes viv (bar my psycho JCP) stick my hand in, and either spot clean or pick up the snake with NO ISSUES at all.

If i have a plate in my hand or have put a plate into the viv in preparation then all my snakes will be in feed mode and i will get bitten if i start poking around.

As long as i havent handled food prior to putting my hand in (i always rinse my hands first) and htere is no plate then i have no risk of biting.