Hook training question

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by JWFugle

then no there isnt really. biggest benefit is to keep them from going into feed mode every time you enter there cage.

I don't see how that works. If you are going to put him into a feeding enclosure to feed, then you will have to open his enclosure and take him out. Won't he realize that opening the enclosure and taking him out, leads to the tub, and the tub leads to food, so his feeding response will be triggered when you open it to put him in there anyways?

The hook thing turns it off, because you aren't feeding him anything. The feeding tub does....what?

[JWFugle]

Originally Posted by smy_749

I don't see how that works. If you are going to put him into a feeding enclosure to feed, then you will have to open his enclosure and take him out. Won't he realize that opening the enclosure and taking him out, leads to the tub, and the tub leads to food, so his feeding response will be triggered when you open it to put him in there anyways?

The hook thing turns it off, because you aren't feeding him anything. The feeding tub does....what?

it works b/c ever time you open the cage, the snake Does Not assume its getting feed, it assumes its getting handled and/or some thing else is happening. the point is the snake learns that its fed in side the tub.

instead of constantly having to turn off the feed response, it trains to turn on the feed response.

BTW this is completely my own opinion but i give credit to snakes being more intelligent then some.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by JWFugle

it works b/c ever time you open the cage, the snake Does Not assume its getting feed, it assumes its getting handled and/or some thing else is happening. the point is the snake learns that its fed in side the tub.

instead of constantly having to turn off the feed response, it trains to turn on the feed response.

BTW this is completely my own opinion but i give credit to snakes being more intelligent then some.

I find it hard to believe you can train a snake to always have his feeding response off until you "turn it on" for him. I get your point, I just don't think it makes any sense. Just because your snake doesn't strike at everything before being put in the tub, doesn't mean he is trained to have his feeding response "turned on". So if you open his cage, you can take him out without issues or biting or excitement? Then you can hold him just fine. And if you place him into the tub, with no scent of rat, and no signs of food in sight, he will still turn into a vicious eating machine?