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[Fangs]

I've gone down both tracks with regard to feeding inside their enclosures and feeding them in tubs.
What I do now is place a sheet of newspaper on the substrate and feed all the snakes in their enclosures by grabbing the prey item by the scruff of the neck with a pair of forceps and waving it around slowly in front of the snake(dont hit the snake on the nose with the prey).
Reason I feed in their enclosures is that if you get a fussy/finicky eater then moving into a seperate feeding container can tend to stress them off a bit whereas if feeding in their usual enclosure they tend to feed a lot better.
You are right in saying that you will let him settle for a week or so with no handling before trying to feed him again.If he doesn't eat next time you try leave him be for another week.You can continue like that for quite a while before getting too worried.
Once he gets into a good feeding routine then you can start handling once a day or second day for a few minutes at a time to tame him down,with the exception of not handling for at least 2 days after a feed.


cheers M...........