I have had my oldest male now for going on three years. He gets feed on the same day and with in the same time frame (5:00 to 6:00 pm) mostly due to my work schedule.
With in the last year he has gotten to where on Wednesdays between 5 and 6 he is out of his hide looking. I feed in the tank so I remove one of his hides to allow him feeding room. Have to be careful of warm hands and moving fingers in a tank with a bp in full blown feed mode.
I never really paid attention to his body language before a feed. But last night I saw him watching the rat outside the cage. It was dead but me getting it ready for the dangle and strike had peaked his interest. He watch it come in the cage and it took all of 2 seconds and whack! "owned".
My point is that people who feed on a schedule. And I mean schedule tend to see a better feeding response from their snakes. If you got a snake that will not feed after checking set up and health issues ask yourself am I on a feeding schedule? Or do I just feed when I realize oh yea its been like a week hasn't it. One way to keep track of this is by using feeding cards. I use them even though I only have two snakes. In fact I use the one that are for download on this sight. If you have more than a few snakes its the only way to go. Keep track of when and what you feed and weather or not your bp ate. This will help get them on track and help keep you on schedule. And also show you feeding trends from year to year.
Sorry for the long post. Just noticed allot of new members lately and thought this might help them. Thanks
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