Feeding Question

[Nikki0326]

With the past few feedings my snake has been striking very fast. The mouse is usually with him for under a minute before he strikes. I was wondering if this means hes been really hungry and I should feed him more? Im not sure if you can really "overfeed" a snake....Ive been feeding him on a weekly basis but just fed him today, two days early of his normal feeding schedule, and he seemed to have no problems eating ahead of schedule.

[adi]

hey nikki. first off, i havent seen you here yet so welcome!

second, nope it means hes a healthy guy! mine strikes in under a minute too and i feed him every friday. it honestly might have to do something with his hunger, but its hard to tell....what size mouse are you feeding him?

[Nikki0326]

Im feeding him what I assume is just a normal feeder, hes about 20' long

[Kagez28]

from what i have learned here you can "overfeed" a snake... it's not bad, just the snake will start to not eat, or even show intrest in food, for a while so it can catch up.

i assume you mean 20" (inches) not feet haha. my guy is about the same size and he eats adult mice (20 grams or so) once a week.

[Nikki0326]

from what i have learned here you can "overfeed" a snake... it's not bad, just the snake will start to not eat, or even show intrest in food, for a while so it can catch up.

i assume you mean 20" (inches) not feet haha. my guy is about the same size and he eats adult mice (20 grams or so) once a week.

Yeah I mean inches, if he was 20 feet long he'd probably be eating me and not a lil mouse :p