What time do you guys feed?

Hey Guys,

So I have been having trouble getting all of my snakes to eat.

I have a 2200 gram female that eats nothing but ASF and she wouldn't touch food for almost a month.
I was getting discouraged so I wanted to try feeding at night.

Last night/this morning at 2am I tried feeding and EVERYONE ate. The big female took 3!
I was very impressed. I prefer to feed at night but the wife gets upset when I start playing with the snakes in the middle of the night ahaha.

When do you guys feed/ when do you think the best time is considering balls are nocturnal.

Cheers,
Chris.

I feed after I get home with the feeders. :P my older snakes eat whenever, They don't care what time but my hatchlings seem to be hungrier and feed more aggressively in the evening around 8ish.

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no 'whenever works"? cause that's usually when I do it...no time specifications....

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I guess...the day then.

well, at first I was more timid about eeding, so I waited till about 11, but now I've started feeding when I get home with rat.

I feed at night usually, between 10 to 1am. I believe they are actually crepuscular versus nocturnal, so I'd venture to say that the most 'natural' times to feed are at dusk and dawn.

The one thing I noticed had a huge effect on their eating habits was bumping up the temps even 1 degree on average. I went from 88 hotspot to 90 hotspot and they were all hanging out of their hides looking insane and feeding them felt like playing a game of hungry hungry hippos.

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Originally Posted by MrLang

they are actually crepuscular versus nocturnal,

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Yes they are....

I feed them around my schedule, not around theirs...works pretty well. Some will eat all the time, others won't.

I feed anytime between 7 pm and 10 pm. All of my snakes feed readily! :gj:

I feed around 9pm, which is when her night lamp clicks over. I've fed her a little before that with no real trouble. She has also been a great feeder so i don't really worry about her too much in terms of eating. I would think anytime after the room goes dark (since they are nocturnal)

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I usually feed around 8pm. But that's because that's when its convenient for me. My boas and GTP never miss a meal. My BP is on again off again and I can't find anything that helps or doesn't. So I just feed her on a 2 week schedule along with my GTP. She usually eats. The boas eat every 10 days since they're young, but they'd eat every day if I offered, lol... :P

I feed about 7 pm, when i get home with the rats.

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