Dying while taming - suggestions?

[Nokim]

So i made my trap, I'm trying to tame lvl 20+ bears.
I get them down to sliver of health and bola them down . That part is easy.

Then comes the feeding, its damn near impossible to feed them without getting bit. I put a bed near but that doesn't help as after looting my body it takes 10-15seconds before i can use my weapons again if the bear woke up that kinds of screws things up.

Has anybody found a way to feed without getting bitten to death?
sneaking seems to do nothings.

[WildDogsGaming]

put multiple doorways into the taming pen. Don't feed the mouth, feed their butt

[Nokim]

yeah...that didn't work for me. only gave me feeding option from the front...if i could survive long enough to get the feeding option.

Even passive tames only let you feed from the front side.

[forcecomdr]

not sure about bears as i can't find honey, but with bulls you can time their attacks. dance in trigger the attack and dodge out. They won't attack again for a few seconds this gives you time to go in and feed it before ducking back out.

Sometimes you can get the sweet spot, it's basically standing on their back so to speak. just behind the head. There you can often feed without getting hit, but it really depends where they drop in your pen sometimes you can't get to it.

[Nokim]

I did notice that once, but then a lion snuck up and killed me and then the bear, and i just couldnt get the following bear to have that kind of spot. so i ended up running out of honey and dying too much.
I haven't actually found honey myself, just had a bunch someone gave me.

[Kryto]

animals tend to lay down at the side. you can go to the back side of the animal, and slowly move forwards to the head, then find a spot where you can feed without being infront of the animal.

note;
dont go too close. if you can loosen the bola, you are close enough to feed.
dont go too far towards the head, or you will get bitten.
if you are in a good position, you can look up and down to find the "feed"

For being attacked by other animals. have mates to help you, or build a secondary cage around, in case the animal you are taming is leaning outside the cage (this also defends the tame a bit more)

You can always feed the animal without being hit by it, unless its leaning against a wall with its backside, since you cant interact through a wall. what i mention here, works best if you are staning on the same floor level as the tame.

hope this can help you a little with tames

[Hash]

After todays patch you will be able to tame with more than one food type

[Nokim]

Originally posted by Hash:

After todays patch you will be able to tame with more than one food type

I hope that goes for feeding as well. I get the feeling my cow will only eat rushes even after being tamed, which is annoying because my base location doesnt have that.

[ZeroOne]

Just approach for feeding with a SHIELD equipted to block the attack.