feeding out of cage

[jossh27]

ill start feeding in her cage. do you guys find your kings have a lame feeding response? my caliking is fully grown and on f/t and litteraly just crwls up to the mouse and starts eating it... i was so pumped up to see her eat for the first time and when i saw finally fed her, i was so let down haha

i was thinking about giving her a live stunned mouse once just to see if i could get her back into a hunt mode... is that a bad idea?

[EL Ziggy]

If your snake is eating without any issues I wouldn't offer a live feeder. Have you tried dangling/dancing the prey from tongs to illicit a strike from your snake? My Cal King will strike and constrict his f/t prey straight from the tongs. My MBK will sometimes strike if she's really hungry but most times she just wants her food dropped in her tank and she'll eat when nobody's looking. My bulls just snatch and devour their food.

[jossh27]

Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

If your snake is eating without any issues I wouldn't offer a live feeder. Have you tried dangling/dancing the prey from tongs to illicit a strike from your snake? My Cal King will strike and constrict his f/t prey straight from the tongs. My MBK will sometimes strike if she's really hungry but most times she just wants her food dropped in her tank and she'll eat when nobody's looking. My bulls just snatch and devour their food.

She'll strike, and hold onto it like a dog playing tug of war if i play matter of puppets with the mouse, but she doesn't constrict it. Guess I'll just have to wait till my next snake to get that fulfilling, aggressive strike and kill factor I'm looking for in a snake.

She's extremely gentle i guess her personality reflects her feeding response

[reptiledude987]

Originally Posted by jossh27

She'll strike, and hold onto it like a dog playing tug of war if i play matter of puppets with the mouse, but she doesn't constrict it. Guess I'll just have to wait till my next snake to get that fulfilling, aggressive strike and kill factor I'm looking for in a snake.

She's extremely gentle i guess her personality reflects her feeding response

I'm feeding tomorrow if you want to see some aggressive feeding come watch Rancor and Sarlacc eat. they dont play aruond with the smell of food in the air.

[kateness91]

I feed mine in totes inside their aquariums .. My sand boas anyways and I generally take them out the following day. Works like a dream.. That's only because they never come out from under the sane long enough

[jossh27]

I have my little guy this weekend, but thanks for the offer, Justin