If you use a loose substrate like mulch or aspen, feeding baby burms in a seperate "feed box" with a secure lid and airholes is a must.
With my burms (when they were small) I put the snake in first and then dangle a frozen/thawed rat in front of it with tongs. Burms rarely need much coaxing to attack food.
After a couple hours, I put them up. If they are babies, I just pick them up or maybe ues a cage hook if for some reason I especially don't want to bleed at that time. Usually, I could care less with babies.
Larger burms...Use a snake hook. Adult giant burms...use a big python hook and a few friends....or be smart and feed the big ones in the cage. I can't get near my adult burms for a couple of days after they eat.
It's ok to handle any snake 48 hours after feeding as far as normal handling. Burms...It's hard to make a burm puke. They aren't as delicate as some snakes. If he's over trying to eat everything thast moves, handle him gently if you want...but it's really better to leave him alone to digest for a couple of days.
To pick up a normally tame snake that may be agressive after eating without the use of a snakehook or other handling equipment, just gently place a towel or something over the snake's head or block his head with a tote lid or something and pick him up...once up you can uncover the head or unblock it and he will usually be fine and realize what is going on. You can also just quickly but gently cover his head straight on without hesitating (very important not to linger , poke at or hesitate) with the flat of your hand and just flat hand palm first right into his face and cover his head for a second while you lift his body up with the other hand. It works. It really does.
I deleted your other post in the python forums because it was an exact duplicate of this one. Please don't do that
And welcome to RTB
newbie here with feeding ?
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