i know its been asked be4 but 2 make sure

[Lagoon]

i was wonderin how long should you wait after you feed your bp before handling the snake again.

[mykee]

At least two days.

[Lagoon]

thanks mykee

[mykee]

No troubles.

[greenman1867]

Okay, I feed my Boas in a seperate container outside their enclosure, I do this so they don't associate food with home. I leave them for 2-3 hours and then I have to handle them a bit to get them back in the cages.

Does anyone do this with Balls? And is brief gentle handling okay after eating just to get them back home?

Thanks

[pinoiballer01]

hey greenman i do the same thing. i usually feed them in the container then when they start moving around i hold my snakes and bring it back to their house so that they can be comfortable. so far it works for me.

[Mustangcsa]

I do that all the time with my ball

[Bristen]

as far as Ball Pythons go, they are easily stressed.. moving them for feeding could possibly make them eat a lot less. I would recommend that you just keep you ball pythons in their respective enclosure (house one animal per enclosure). I have a few ball pythons here and I've never had any problems with the exception of one big female that I have.. she ALWAYS wants to eat.. so for her, I'm just a little more careful when I open up her enclosure.. no issues with all the other ones...

Keep us posted,
Bristen.

[JAdkins2451]

I think when they refer to handling after a meal. They mean to hold it for awhile not moving it back to its cage..

[beanersmysav]

I just pick up my corn snake put it back to the enclosure no more than 30 seconds worth of handling

[daiyoukai]

oddly I give my snakes about 30-40 min for the prey to settle in their bellies and I feel the need I wont think twice about taking them out. Iv never had a problem with the feeding response to still be in or regurgitation.

I dont know, non of my snakes seem to care if they have a full belly or not.

[mykee]

Over the years of ball python ownership, I've fed both in and out of the enclosure, and feed exclusively in their enclosures for the past two years or so. I found no discernable difference in stress and eating regardless fo method. You say poe-tay-toe, I say poe-tah-toe. Whatever works for you.

[Jeff_Favelle]

You actually say "poe-tah-toe"?



Freak.






















;)

[daiyoukai]

it's PO-TA-TOES (http://i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=5567) <-click.

[raebug2000]

i have developed a sneaky little technique.....

i dont even think they notice....
Since i dont like feeding " the kids" in their home enclosures, i of course have a feeding box ( commonly referred to the box of death; due the few live feedings i supervise in there) however the minutes the snakes strikes and coils the prey( i make everyone strike and coil through the wiggle jiggle if it's frozen thawed...house policy, lol; not really just great feeding responses)

the second they coil around the prey and are " concentrating" on " killing" it... i gentely pick up the other end and put them in their box where as they are still " killing" the prey. they dont seem to notice and i dont handle them after they eat. ta-da