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[Pickled_Monk]

Since I've had him I have been taking him out of his enclosure and into a feeding tank to feed him. Then put the feeding tank in his enclosure with the lid off to let him get out himself (so I never reach into his feeding tank). I have only recently started feeding him in his tank (after he started getting more aggressive and harder to get into his feeding tank). I have been feeding him with tongs but since he has been on adult mice, I have just been holding them by the tail. When ever I handle him (which is never after feeding) I always wash my hands with the same stuff so he can associate that smell with handling, not feeding.
He seems extreemly alert. If you walk past his tank of accidently tap it (which I did when I was checking on him) his hed shoots stright out his cave door and sits there in the "s" position redy to go.
His tank is 3ft x 1 1/4ft. x 1 1/2ft.