Feeding in your tank... - Page 2

dshin963 · 01-01-12, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by knox

Too bad all snakes can't eat hanging from a perch!

Ill just leave this here...

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knox · 01-01-12, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dshin963

Ill just leave this here...

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Nice! Now, if I can teach my Milks and Kings to do this

EasternGirl · 01-01-12, 10:14 PM

I'm not saying it isn't risky...it is...we have members on the garter forum discussing problems with obstructions caused by substrate on a fairly regular basis. It is just really hard sometimes to find a way to get your snake to eat. My one snake will absolutely refuse to eat from tongs, and he refuses to eat if I take him out of his enclosure...so I really have no choice but to feed him in his enclosure...try to prevent him from ingesting substrate the best I can, and that is all I can really do if I want him to eat at all. My other snake will not eat if I move her to a feed tank...but she will eat from tongs...but even then...the other day, she dragged a piece of food through her wood chips and may have ingested some after taking it from the tongs. Luckily, it seems like she is okay. I have had my snakes refuse food for over a month when I tried to feed them in a feeding tank. I just do the best I can do for them.

dshin963 · 01-02-12, 12:54 AM

I use fairly large coco husk as substrate, I tend to find that while eating the cocohusk doesnt get in my snakes mouths even after the rat has been dragged in the stuff. The cocohusk is about 1cmX1cm on average

Brently · 01-02-12, 10:11 AM

I agree that most of their advice on actual species related topics is to be taken with some skeptisism. But I have found that they have been able to help me with technical issues with substrates and equipment for both the RTB and my fish. I to think that alot of their animals are very nice though. Better quality then what we have here at the LPS. I am afraid that they just don't keep good quality animals, probably not a fast enough turn over rate...

Shmoges · 01-02-12, 06:38 PM

Don't garters eat fish and shouldn't that be in a water dish? Arn't rodents to fatty of a food for garters on a regular basis?

spots · 01-02-12, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dshin963

Ill just leave this here...

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This isn't a BP is it? if not what is it?

KORBIN5895 · 01-02-12, 10:25 PM

Looks like a BP to me......

ZARADOZIA · 01-03-12, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by spots

This isn't a BP is it? if not what is it?

Yes, it's a BP, Looks like a spider

**millertime89** · 01-04-12, 05:44 PM

anyone feeding a giant out of their enclosure is asking for trouble, the giants have some of the most intense feeding responses out there and they stay in feed mode for a while. Jussayin.

shaunyboy · 01-04-12, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

anyone feeding a giant out of their enclosure is asking for trouble, the giants have some of the most intense feeding responses out there and they stay in feed mode for a while. Jussayin.

^^^^^
i agree with you 100% mate

i wouldn't even like something as small as an adult carpet out their enclousure in feeding mode

a guy i used to visit had a big burm,roughly 14 feet,its feeding responce was very very fast and powerfull

it used to stay in feeding frenzy mode until the next day,just like my carpets.i won't even go in their tanks until the next day,i've been mistaken for food to many times

one female adult jungle i used to feed out the tank,due to her sharing with a male at the time.bit me with a feeding responce,she had the back of my right hand with her teeth sunk into the gums.

when i grabbed her head and jaws with my only free hand,her tail preceded to wrap round the wrist of my unbitten hand,in effect handcuffing me.

i had to wait the best part of an hour on my wife coming home and unravelling the snake from my wrists.then i could get the jungle to let go the back of my hand,using my now freed hand.

my point being it would be very scary being in that position with an adult giant snake

cheers shaun

red ink · 01-04-12, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by shaunyboy

^^^^^

when i grabbed her head and jaws with my only free hand,her tail preceded to wrap round the wrist of my unbitten hand,in effect handcuffing me.

i had to wait the best part of an hour on my wife coming home and unravelling the snake from my wrists.then i could get the jungle to let go the back of my hand,using my now freed hand.

cheers shaun

LOL sorry mate but had to laugh... me spotted python did that to me once, lucky it's just mini handcuffs.

On the subject of snakes that won't let go... listerine mouthwash on the tip of a cotton bud and a quick tap on the nose (theirs not yours) will make them let go quick smart, or if you have methylated spirits around the house it does the job quicker.

Terranaut · 01-04-12, 06:53 PM

Whiskey works great. Took less than a second for our king to let go.
I always geed in viv. Never had a problem. Can't imagine trying to move my adult JCP's back in feed mode. Just not worth the risk.

shaunyboy · 01-04-12, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by red ink

LOL sorry mate but had to laugh... me spotted python did that to me once, lucky it's just mini handcuffs.

On the subject of snakes that won't let go... listerine mouthwash on the tip of a cotton bud and a quick tap on the nose (theirs not yours) will make them let go quick smart, or if you have methylated spirits around the house it does the job quicker.

or a cold driping/trickling tap,the cold water i've found makes them let go fast

my wife was laughing her head off when she returned home from our oldest sons,to find me handcuffed by one of the jungles as well mate

ah the joys of snake keeping

cheers shaun

C5Chris · 01-04-12, 07:41 PM

I have experience on BOTH sides of this argument. Currently I feed both my BP Lucy and my BRB Dio in seperate feeding tanks without issue. I do this mainly because I bought into the whole "could mistake you for food" and impaction arguments when I first got into snakes. Im more worried about impaction than anything else though.

My BRB eats in a little covered tub, sometimes strikes food off the tongues, and sometimes prefers me to leave it in the middle of the tub for him. Hes never taken more than 5 minutes to eat with the lid on the tub.

Lucy has a large tub with no lid that she can easily escape from, however I am always watching her with tongues and an emergency stick because I feed her live. She has only ever not eaten two rats in the feeding tank. Although before I had the tank and when I had her on frozen I would feed her in her tank but I had some issues with her not feeding, sometimes tossing the rat as soon as she struck it. Perhaps could have been too hot for her liking (still a newb at that point), so I switched her to live and havent really had any issues since.

Before the BRB, I had another BP that I was raising for a little while until my sister was ready to take care of him. He didnt eat for the first 5 months I had him, and one month prior to that. When he did finally start eating he would only do it in his cage, never in the feeding tank. Never did get to see him strike.. wish I had some pics cause he would stalk the mice from the branches and strike from above. Now he eats frozen inside his tank under my sisters care, but alas she has not even seen him eat yet! Must be a little gunshy when people are around.. I watched him for 20 minutes one time and he was literally inches away and was just patiently waiting.. five minutes after I walked away he struck :@

anyways sorry about the long post haha, its been awhile.