How soon does a female thats layed take food after

Give her some time to LIVE! Lol, just wait till next season and you'll have a bigger snake ready to lay down more eggs and give you more shots at producing a BEL. She needs to rest and put her weight back on.

true true, she deserves a break, her previous owner had her going for 3 years straight. she'll have a long vacation from that then. 1200 dollars i dont wanna jepordize by wanting a bels soon =P

You want to give her plenty of time to get in good solid breeding condition. She just layed a couple of weeks ago and is not eating yet.....breeding her would be the last thing on my mind.

thanks walt! =D
this is my first breeding season and as much as i want to make supers, i dont want to risk any of their health

If she lay 2 weeks ago that means that she is cycling late in the year.

I think you can start feeding her and let her setup to her new home. Then if she gets in track you can try breeding her in May 2010.

Not sure about that so lets wait to see what others says.

Good luck with her!!

my females pounded their rats like no tommorrow soon as i took the eggs for incubation

i was thinking about the late cyling as well,
im giving her this year off but just as a future referance is it bad to breed my girls consecutively?

Carefully washed and put back in her own tub--virtually every female of mine will eat the day after she lays. (I don't offer food the same day, I figure she must be exhausted and needs some rest).
As long as the scent of the clutch is gone, they quickly become ravenous. I offer a smaller than usual prey item so as not to overtax their system after the long fast, and then offer food as usual on schedule thereafter.

However, it took 1.5 months to get a non-laying female eating after she took a 45 minute car ride and was set up in a new home. (Local purchase). Some balls HATE being moved, lol.

also im keeping her in a vision cage bigger than the tub she used to be in, can that be a factor?

Great advice here. Try washing her and her tub out thoroughly. Then just give her a week or two to settle in. If she was eating f/t before, I might offer her a live rat just to really stimulate her. Get her established in your care 1st, then you can bust out the f/t.

Good luck with her!