Tonight was our official "Feeding Time at the Zoo" so we figured we'd go ahead and try to feed Lucy and Scales. They both took their f/t juvenile ASFs (it's what they were eating at the breeder/ reptile store) and then I shut the tubs.

NOW I'm going bonkers, because I can't see what's going on. Lucy was under her hide so after she chomped and constricted on her ASF I gently set her hide back on her (stupid or smart? I don't know, but she was looking thin to me and holy cow I'm channeling my grandmother) and Scales was standing on his head last I saw.

Rambling. Sorry.

Soooo... how long should I wait to check on them? An hour? 90 minutes? Morning? If it's morning I may well lose my mind because Quarantine is my bedroom and they're less than 6 feet from our bed. I'm not good with suspense. I turn to the back of every book before I finish it. I'm trying to be good and give the babies (they're around 4 months old) their privacy, but I'm wondering how much of this is necessary and how much is me just sticking to details too much.

I'm not usually tense (okay, maybe a little), but we had a cheering section for our male sand boa this evening when he managed to get his pinkys down (he brings "picky eater" to a whole new level -- forty minutes it took to get him to eat!) so I'd say my levels are a wee bit heightened at the moment.

Any input (you're doing the right thing, you're not doing anything wrong, you can totally wait to look until morning, you don't have to wait until morning to look) is appreciated. I'll chill out after this -- it's just their first feeding here so I'm stressing.