How do I teach my baby Kingsnake to distinguish feeding time from play time even w/ diff tanks?

Answer 1

Two tanks is definitely a good idea.

Are you dead-feeding? I'd advise it, as the snake learns that food, unlike fingers, never wiggles.

Place the dead food in the feeder tank, then go wash the smell off your hands.

Open your king's habitat tank, take him out and play with him a bit.

Transport him to the feeder tank, where dinner awaits.

Once he's eaten, after about ten minutes or so, transport him back to his habitat tank, without much play...young snakes can get urpy when they've just eaten, and you don't want him to stress him more than necessary.

Make this the feeding ritual, and your snake will learn that hands are never food, but hands are good things that carry you to where food awaits.

Answer 2

pick a feeding time and be consistent, wash hands before and after, i use hand sanitizer that also kills scent, and then do the same with play time. i generally feed in the morning that way by early evening the snake can deal with a minimal amount of handling although the more time aloud for digestion the less chance of your pet losing a meal. remember stick to the schedule and don't make concessions just so your friends can see it eat.in time it will become conditioned and only abrupt changes will change behavior learned.

Answer 3

How do you "play" with a snake?

Snakes do not know what "time" it is. They know it's feeding time when they see and smell food. As for play time, snakes don't play. They are very instinctive animals and, being cold blooded, spend a good part of their time lying in a secure place. This is to enable them to conserve energy.

Kingsnakes are usually very good "eaters" and become very gentle with periodic handling. Some species (like getula) eat almost anything that moves; they also eat turtles' eggs. I once had a female getula that laid her eggs and proceeded to eat them!

You can train your snake to eat slice of beef or pork, but be sure to sprinkle this food with a little bit of calcium. And don't limit their food to strips of meat.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Don't try to teach a snake anything they'll never learn. Snakes are not like dogs, you don't play with them. They get very nervous and can be open to a whole bunch of health problems. All snakes know in life is to eat, digest, and multiply.

Answer 5

Feed your snake on a schedule and stick to it. Example: every sunday at 8pm or something. Give him his fill and thats it till next sunday at 8pm