Turbine eating in the air.

[Terranaut]

Think of a wet rat running through the forrest and the snake jumping out from a pile of leaves in the dirt. What will your snake injest along with the rat? It's top notch all natural substrate

[kelzerman]

Originally Posted by Terranaut

Think of a wet rat running through the forrest and the snake jumping out from a pile of leaves in the dirt. What will your snake injest along with the rat? It's top notch all natural substrate

So I take it the paper towel wasn't top notch?! I don't buy the cheap stuff!! Lol.

[Terranaut]

Originally Posted by kelzerman

So I take it the paper towel wasn't top notch?! I don't buy the cheap stuff!! Lol.

I am very surprised to hear a snake survived ingestion of an entire sheet. Were these sponge towels?

[kelzerman]

Originally Posted by Terranaut

I am very surprised to hear a snake survived ingestion of an entire sheet. Were these sponge towels?

I was actually extremely worried at the time. Lol hardly slept until she finally pooped. Which for bloods is months. This finally broke me of the impaction scare that was forced into my brain as a young child from local pet shops and phony care sheets you find on google.

[Ks42]

from experience i can say feeding in a separate encloser greatly reduces the chance of being mistaken for feeding time,thus resulting in being struck, if its really to much of a problem to spend 15 minutes swapping enclosers for feeding time then why spend the time and money owning/caring for a snake.
my snakes know there gettin food when i put them in there feeding enclosers,
and know thair not, when there in there housing encloser,

[Shann]

Originally Posted by Ks42

from experience i can say feeding in a separate encloser greatly reduces the chance of being mistaken for feeding time,thus resulting in being struck, if its really to much of a problem to spend 15 minutes swapping enclosers for feeding time then why spend the time and money owning/caring for a snake.
my snakes know there gettin food when i put them in there feeding enclosers,
and know thair not, when there in there housing encloser,

There is no way I would want to move an adult boa still in feed mode from a separate feeding enclosure back into their cage. That's from my experience.

[Ks42]

Originally Posted by Shann

There is no way I would want to move an adult boa still in feed mode from a separate feeding enclosure back into their cage. That's from my experience.

well from experience with my red-tailed boasaswell as a few of my friends boas, i have never had a problem doing the swapp, the proper equiptmet does come in handy with a nippy snake such as a SNAKE HOOK which i would say is a must have in the closet of any larger snake owner, once again, from my experience as well as many snake owners and breeders that i have come to know, agree that feeding in the enclosur increases hostility towards one entering the encloser that they are repeatedly being fed in,

if you dont handle your snakes then why worrie if there hostile in there enclosurs (ie.breeding snakes)

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by Ks42

well from experience with my red-tailed boasaswell as a few of my friends boas, i have never had a problem doing the swapp, the proper equiptmet does come in handy with a nippy snake such as a SNAKE HOOK which i would say is a must have in the closet of any larger snake owner, once again, from my experience as well as many snake owners and breeders that i have come to know, agree that feeding in the enclosur increases hostility towards one entering the encloser that they are repeatedly being fed in,

if you dont handle your snakes then why worrie if there hostile in there enclosurs (ie.breeding snakes)

I have several boas that have been fed in their enclosures their whole life. One is blind and has been fed in her enclosure for five years. I can reach in and touch them as long i i dont have feeders out.

[Ks42]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I have several boas that have been fed in their enclosures their whole life. One is blind and has been fed in her enclosure for five years. I can reach in and touch them as long i i dont have feeders out.

sorry to hear about the vission loss, reason why it occured?

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Ks42

well from experience with my red-tailed boasaswell as a few of my friends boas, i have never had a problem doing the swapp, the proper equiptmet does come in handy with a nippy snake such as a SNAKE HOOK which i would say is a must have in the closet of any larger snake owner, once again, from my experience as well as many snake owners and breeders that i have come to know, agree that feeding in the enclosur increases hostility towards one entering the encloser that they are repeatedly being fed in,

if you dont handle your snakes then why worrie if there hostile in there enclosurs (ie.breeding snakes)

I feed my boa constrictor in the enclosure, and I don't get any sort of feeding response outside of feeding day from him. In fact, the only times I've gotten bit or struck at was when I was feeding in a separate container. Not only that, but he's getting more and more docile every day. He won't even strike his food anymore and tries to run away if I dangle it around. He used to send hides flying and slosh water out of his dish hitting his food.

Originally Posted by Ks42

not once have i chastising what so ever, simply stating my opinion, i feed them in seperatre enclosures to reduce the chance ofhostility as wekk as imcation ,it maybe uncommen, but not unheard of, can you justify feeding in the encloser? better safe then sorry is my motto and nothig but the best for my snakes, id hate to come back to a feeding and see my snake wth a mouthfull of bedding, once again, not commen but not unherd of.
if you dont want to feed in a seperate enclosure then thats your choise,. once agina, since times not the reason you feed outside the cage, can you justify the fact you dont?

All of my snakes have ingested mouthfuls of bedding on several occasions without any sort of bad thing happening. If you practice proper husbandry I doubt impaction is anything to worry about.

Originally Posted by Ks42

fungi spors are the leading cause of lung and respritory issues and can caus alot of issues, and are also very commen in coco husk bedidng as well as plantation soil. nbaking is a must if you ask me

No, bacterial and viral infections cause RI's, of which fungi is neither.

I'm not going to say either feeding in or out of the enclosure reduces aggression. In my case, in the enclosure REDUCED me getting bit, but it could be different for another INDIVIDUAL snake. It also would not do well for my ball python who has such a weak feeding response it's basically non-existent.

[Ks42]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

I feed my boa constrictor in the enclosure, and I don't get any sort of feeding response outside of feeding day from him. In fact, the only times I've gotten bit or struck at was when I was feeding in a separate container. Not only that, but he's getting more and more docile every day. He won't even strike his food anymore and tries to run away if I dangle it around. He used to send hides flying and slosh water out of his dish hitting his food.



All of my snakes have ingested mouthfuls of bedding on several occasions without any sort of bad thing happening. If you practice proper husbandry I doubt impaction is anything to worry about.

No, bacterial and viral infections cause RI's, of which fungi is neither.

I'm not going to say either feeding in or out of the enclosure reduces aggression. In my case, in the enclosure REDUCED me getting bit, but it could be different for another INDIVIDUAL snake. It also would not do well for my ball python who has such a weak feeding response it's basically non-existent.

ive posted everything as my own and friends opinions , mold is commen with humiduty and produces spores, could that not cause lung infections if inhailed in larger quantitys ? and putting them in a bedding less container for feeding would solve the mouthfuls of bedding issue, if you dont find that a problem well thats your opinion.

[MDT]

Originally Posted by Ks42

from experience i can say feeding in a separate encloser greatly reduces the chance of being mistaken for feeding time,thus resulting in being struck, if its really to much of a problem to spend 15 minutes swapping enclosers for feeding time then why spend the time and money owning/caring for a snake.
my snakes know there gettin food when i put them in there feeding enclosers,
and know thair not, when there in there housing encloser,

Are you kidding me? Dude...work smarter, not harder. Hook train, feed in enclosure, make sure husbandry is good. It's not that tough.

You've obviously not owned/fed retics....

[Ks42]

Originally Posted by MDT

Are you kidding me? Dude...work smarter, not harder. Hook train, feed in enclosure, make sure husbandry is good. It's not that tough.

You've obviously not owned/fed retics....

impaction isnt unherd of, isnt working safer also working smarter. i hadle all my anske and no, i dont work with retics, never said i did.
BP and boas as well as colus

[Sublimeballs]

Originally Posted by MDT

You've obviously not owned/fed retics....

^This.

I have never had a snake mistake my hand for food unless I smelled like mice. My snakes know they're getting food when they smell it.

^And this

That is all.

[Ks42]

Originally Posted by Sublimeballs

^This.



^And this

That is all.

your post is irrelavent to the conversation at hand,
^and that is all