The great feeding debate. Out or in the in Enclosure

[reptiledude987]

I typically feed inside enclosure and always have. I've never had agression issuses due to it except for my Nile Monitor whos always a mean prick no matter what lol. The only time i remove an animal for a feeding is when I have multiple housed together just to avoid the possibility of one finishing quickly and deciding they want more. Has anyone ever had that problem with multiple animals together?

[Mad Max]

I feed inside my snake's carpeted enclosure. He only gets food aggressive when he smells rodent.

[Tsubaki]

Originally Posted by reptiledude987

I typically feed inside enclosure and always have. I've never had agression issuses due to it except for my Nile Monitor whos always a mean prick no matter what lol. The only time i remove an animal for a feeding is when I have multiple housed together just to avoid the possibility of one finishing quickly and deciding they want more. Has anyone ever had that problem with multiple animals together?

That is one of the many reasons i always advise against housing animals together

[amousley1]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

That is one of the many reasons i always advise against housing animals together

Agreed. We also do not house or plan on housing any reptiles together (unless for breeding purposes).

[reptiledude987]

Originally Posted by Tsubaki

That is one of the many reasons i always advise against housing animals together

So during breeding season when they are together do you seperate the male to feed him?

[Tsubaki]

I don't leave the male and female together for anything other than mating, separating them once they have lost interest in doing so. I see no use in feeding either of them during the mating process, if the male even wants to eat i will feed them once he's back in his own viv. Why worry about a not eating for a few days? (or even weeks)

[millertime89]

Originally Posted by reptiledude987

So during breeding season when they are together do you seperate the male to feed him?

Sure do. Pull the male, feed the following day, give 2-3 days to digest, and back in he goes.

[millertime89]

Originally Posted by reptiledude987

I typically feed inside enclosure and always have. I've never had agression issuses due to it except for my Nile Monitor whos always a mean prick no matter what lol. The only time i remove an animal for a feeding is when I have multiple housed together just to avoid the possibility of one finishing quickly and deciding they want more. Has anyone ever had that problem with multiple animals together?

I've seen it happen first hand with some Asian Vine Snakes. Trio kept together and they were anole eaters. One was chowing down and another came along and tried to steal the first one's dinner, the second one ended up biting the first one on it's face.

I too started feeding out of the enclosure but stopped rather quickly. I have never seen first hand proof of an animal become aggressive due to feeding in the enclosure. The problem with this though is that you're still going to have aggressiveness in the feeding enclosure. Removing the animal from it's home to feed only causes undue stress and can even result in injury to animal and/or human.

Take retics for example. Phenominal eating machines. Mine rarely skip a meal once I've determined their preference (thankfully most aren't picky). When they smell food that's all they think about. The last thing I want to do is remove a snake that is keyed in on heat and movement from it's enclosure, especially one that's 15ft+...

But you say, "I'm never going to keep a retic." That's fine, BCC/BCI are very much the same, Blood and Carpet pythons too. Burms? You bet and they're just as long and quite a bit heavier than retics. Hell my corn snake was the same way when she could smell food. These animals are very much prey driven.