food bowls

[greene]

Would a snake take food from a food bowl because the worms I use always end up having substrate on them

[guidofatherof5]

Absolutely. Make the pieces small enough or they'll just drag it out of the bowl into the substrate.

[kueluck]

Mine will, also from fingers, tweezers or anything else that smells like pinkies, worms or fish. But what's to stop him or her from dragging it out of the bowl onto the substrate? Suggest to either feed outside the tank or remove the substrate and change to reptile carpet. Or find a substrate that cannot be ingested by the snake. I'm pretty new at this so you might want to wait to see what the experts have to say.

[greene]

That's great now ive finnaly use for it and I don't have to worry about impaction

[kueluck]

and there ya go, the expert has spoken. Thanks Steve.

[greene]

I cant feed from fingers or tweezers cause my snake always confuses my finger with the worm!

[guidofatherof5]

Just monitor the entire feed time and your worries be much less.

[EasternGirl]

There really isn't a substrate that is absolutely safe. Your best bet is to feed in a feed tank, or to feed with hemostats, or to put a paper towel down covering the substrate and then monitor closely to make sure the snake does not drag the food off the dish and off the paper towel into the substrate. I use feed tanks with paper towels and reptile carpet...or I put paper towels down under the dish...or I use hemostats...and as Steve said...I always monitor during feed time.

[Didymus20X6]

Tiny will eat from a food bowl. In fact, I can't seem to get him to eat much any other way.

[Light of Dae]

Both my guys LOVE stuffing their faces in to the dish, I just cut up works n pinkies and or salmon and add some water to make it like a thick thick stew. I find Bite size pieces and water work perfect! Small pieces so they are more inclined to stay by the dish n swallow it fast cause it is small enough. And water to help lubricate the food n help it stay moist if isn't eaten right a ways n stills out for a while.