Baby snake "substrate" question

[akane]

I did not find it accurate that a feeding bin reduces getting bit. I got a mostly starved, kept cold who knows how long rosy who was striking everything in reach. I had to get her off my finger once which she was determined she could fit or rip a chunk loose. I fed her well in her tank for weeks. Today I reached in and touched near her middle half a couple times. She started to crawl out of her house so I touched a bit behind her head carefully. Then I slowly lifted her first 1/3rd and then the rest with the other hand. She crawled around my hands and arms and I put her back. I have done nothing else but feed her in her cage until she was no longer starving. She would be due for feeding Monday and is already looking for food but still didn't strike me. I have heard a few say to just develop a certain touch or feed only with tongs so the snake knows when you are holding feed from your bare hand. So far just making sure not to surprise her has worked fine. I am feeding on a sand/soil substrate preparing for bioactive. She might have scraped some up fitting meals down but her mouth is pretty tight to the prey size and she's had no problems yet. I sometimes have to dry her gerbils with paper towels before feeding because my ziplock bags leak and I warm it up in water.

If you have questionable substrate and fed damp prey you might want to have a clean tub for feeding but plenty have functioning substrates for snakes that do not cause problems with regular feeding on them.