Quick question about lazy pythons

[whyteboi]

Ok I am going on my second feeding. Ever since he ate, hes been in his hide (he didn't use it once before he ate for 4 weeks strait!) and the last 6 or 7 days he hasn't come out.

Is it ok to lift the hide and place him in the open part of cage and then put mouse in? Or should I put the mouse in and hope he smells or wants it.

Would it be a bad idea to take the hide off, play with him for 5 minutes to wake him up, then feed him?

[SarahMB]

I've never had a snake sleep through a feeding yet. Just drop the mouse in and the snake will find it.
I do have one snake that refuses to eat if her hides are in her enclosure, so I do have to take hers out, but that's one out of 12.

[SnakieMom]

both my boys will do that. I'd leave him alone, and just put the mouse in.
If he's hungry, he'll find it.

[JLC]

Everyone has a different routine and what works for some snakes may not work for others. TYPICALLY, with ball pythons, if you disturb them before you feed them, they won't show interest in eating. But there are some who feed in a separate container and some who remove all the cage "furniture" before feeding...and do just fine. However, ball pythons are usually "ambush" hunters and prefer to strike from the security of their own hide.


What I do is pre-scent the room. The top of her tub gets thumped a little as I remove the clamps and I slide it over just a bit to make room for my little rat cage...which gets set right next to her tub with the live rat in it. I leave it like that for 20-30 minutes. If Kisasa is going to eat that day, she will slide part-way out of her hide and be very alert and watching the edge of the tub where she knows it will open and the rat will drop in.

That's what works for me.

[Jonny2184]

I take the rat and kinda dangle it in front of the door to the hide. and move it away so she knows it's there and waiting.
If she doesnt come out, I put it back close to the hide and she usually attacks it from inside the hide.

[whyteboi]

Btw I am using F/T

[SarahMB]

Ooooh, scratch my advice, then! I tried f/t for a couple of weeks and could only get half my snakes to eat them.

[JLC]

Pre-scenting the room still works with f/t though.

[whyteboi]

Pre-scenting the room still works with f/t though.

its my bedroom lol

[dr del]

Lol,


It's my living room.

Just open the window after feedings over to de-scent the room - I also do the same to de-poop the atmosphere.


dr del