New From Eastern PA

[Squisher]

They definitely have intense feeding response. My adult surprisingly enough isn't really much different than anything else except that sometimes it's like feeding a dog on the days i hand him his meal. What i have come up with to differenciate the reasons of disturbing him is i put his meal in a box. They pick up on things rather quickly so when he sees that box he's a totally different snake. I always slide the same side open too. If however i open the other side of the enclosure where he normally is i can reach in and grab him without much fuss.. that is of course if his head isn't facing me. Why take chances! My female on the other hand looks down right pissed when i feed her. Very alert in your face . For this reason i almost always use a hook.

[Squisher]

I'm sorry.. how rude of me. I forgot to say thank you for the compliment. I was multitasking while posting

[Will0W783]

Lol...no offense taken! Yeah they do have insane feeding responses, and with those orange eyes they can look really pissed off at times. Baby is a good snake though- I think pretty much the smell of thawing rodent that permeates the room is what gets her going. When it's feeding time as soon as I open that door she is flying out to grab the rat. The last time she came out halfway and seized it before I even got it to her door..lol. I was quite startled, standing there holding tongs attached to a piece of rat tail...

[Squisher]

HA HA.. thats funny stuff. My adult surprised me to the last time cause he's normally pretty laid back but he stuck his head out and grabbed it before I was able to wiggle it just within the enclosure. Which was a good thing cause I still haven't found a great way to hold an 8lb rabbit with grilling tongs without dropping it every other step. My female is more interested in me sometimes so I tend to just wing it in. Never got any lip but she's tried to spearhead me a few times. And yes the eyes... its all part of the attraction for me.