Distance between snakes and their food?!

Herpin' Man · 07-26-17, 08:53 AM

I used to have a large colubrid collection, and I bred my own mice in the same room. I'm sure that the snakes could smell them (when the windows were down, my whole neighborhood probably smelled them), but I never had any issues. The snakes fed well, and were handleable on non-feeding days.

Doug 351 · 07-26-17, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Herpin' Man

I used to have a large colubrid collection, and I bred my own mice in the same room. I'm sure that the snakes could smell them (when the windows were down, my whole neighborhood probably smelled them), but I never had any issues. The snakes fed well, and were handleable on non-feeding days.

Yeah, me too.... I wouldn't handle a rodent...then a snake, but other than that...I wouldn't worry too much.