since BP's are nocturnal would it be better to handle them at night? or during the day when there a bit more tired
02-12-2012, 05:56 PM
The Serpent Merchant
I haven't ever noticed a difference between night and day. if they are already cruising around the tank you might be better off vs pulling them out of their hide.
02-12-2012, 06:02 PM
dragonboy4578
I handle mine at all hours of the day. I have no set time. The only time that I don't handle animals in my collection is for 48 hours after feeding.
02-12-2012, 06:30 PM
Skittles1101
+1 dragonboy...or during shed. Mine are cranky little jerks when they can't see :rolleyes:
02-12-2012, 06:36 PM
warlord
ok sounds good
02-12-2012, 10:20 PM
Slim
My personal rule of thumb is that if the sun is shining, I only handle them if I have to for hubandry reasons. Once the sun goes down, it's on like Donky Kong.
There really are no hard and fast rules, and your mileage may vary.
02-12-2012, 10:31 PM
DellaF
I only handle mine during the day when I do a day time enclosure cleaning. The rest of the time I hold them at night. I read some where that if you are having feeding issues don't disturb them during the day. They are nocturnal they sleep during the day. Us humans sleep at night I don't know about you but I'm not to happy when woke up in the middle of the night. That's just my 2 cents worth not telling anybody what to do :)
