Baby Snake

[Luthien]

I totally hear you those were my concerns, the aspen and biting thinking I'm food but a couple of my friends also have corn snakes and feed in the viv, what they have done is trained their snakes that a knock on the glass means food time, now when they hear that knock they come out and look for the food. So I'm going to try that but so far we've had 2 successful feelings and she hasn't even looked like she wants to bite me!

As for the bedding I've been feeding her by her "open hide" so what I do before feeding is lay a piece of paper towel down on top of the bedding and feed on there removing it as soon as the mouse is down, she doesn't seem to mind and eases my mind about the bedding

The photo is her color now, she just had her first shed with me!

[sunkissedpython]

Originally Posted by Luthien

I totally hear you those were my concerns, the aspen and biting thinking I'm food but a couple of my friends also have corn snakes and feed in the viv, what they have done is trained their snakes that a knock on the glass means food time, now when they hear that knock they come out and look for the food. So I'm going to try that but so far we've had 2 successful feelings and she hasn't even looked like she wants to bite me!

As for the bedding I've been feeding her by her "open hide" so what I do before feeding is lay a piece of paper towel down on top of the bedding and feed on there removing it as soon as the mouse is down, she doesn't seem to mind and eases my mind about the bedding

The photo is her color now, she just had her first shed with me!

The knocking is a good idea! I never thought of that I've heard of a few tricks like only using a snake hook for feeding time and gently tapping them on the body, etc. But the tapping on the glass sounds like a really good indicator of food time!
Also, I think your idea with a paper towel over the aspen is perfect! No complaints on my part are you feeding f/t or live? If your feeding live just keep a close eye on the mouse and make sure it doesn't wander off the paper towel lol!
He looks absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait until my female ball python sheds, she's been growing so much the past month, it's crazy! You're also really making me miss my corns >.< hehe maybe when I go to the next expo...

[Luthien]

Originally Posted by sunkissedpython

The knocking is a good idea! I never thought of that I've heard of a few tricks like only using a snake hook for feeding time and gently tapping them on the body, etc. But the tapping on the glass sounds like a really good indicator of food time!
Also, I think your idea with a paper towel over the aspen is perfect! No complaints on my part are you feeding f/t or live? If your feeding live just keep a close eye on the mouse and make sure it doesn't wander off the paper towel lol!
He looks absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait until my female ball python sheds, she's been growing so much the past month, it's crazy! You're also really making me miss my corns >.< hehe maybe when I go to the next expo...

I feed f/t so no chance of the mouse running off
The tapping is actually working great! I tapped the first time I fed her and then took her out to her "open hide" to feed, then the second time I tapped again and she actually stuck her head out of the hide to look lol

[sunkissedpython]

Originally Posted by Luthien

I feed f/t so no chance of the mouse running off
The tapping is actually working great! I tapped the first time I fed her and then took her out to her "open hide" to feed, then the second time I tapped again and she actually stuck her head out of the hide to look lol

Sounds like everything is going good