Am I the only one....

My son and I always look forward to feeding night and well he is getting the hang of feeding and caring for his snake so it makes for a great feeling watching him care for his snake. The only downside is his snake is being a pita about rats but hopefully we have that taken care of now as well :D

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Originally Posted by L.West

I love it on feeding night when some if not all mine eat - it is a wonderful thing.

After 4 years of owning bp's I have finally learned that some of mine will go off feed for extended period of time but I just can't take it personally or let it upset me - they will eat when they are hungry.

It's funny though, on feeding night if one of my picky eaters decides to eat that night - my mood immediately turns euphoric!!!!!

Amazing how these little creatures can run your whole life.

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This. :gj:

I'll admit, we've become a bit desensitized when it comes to feeding. A lot of the time it feels like more of a chore than anything, but not as bad as cleaning tubs. But when your picky eater or one that has been on a hunger strike eats, it is quite a high.

I love feeding day! Even though I've only had mine for a few months they already know the schedule and routine. :D I absolutely LOVE how they look straight up at me as if to say "whatcha feeding me, Mama?" All 3 of my balls are voracious eaters and tag their food as soon as they smell it. One of my burms thinks it's a ball though and can be a picky eater and my other burm is a typical burm. All except the picky burm will even eat in shed.

As much as I love to do the feedings myself, noone else in my house wants to feed them, although they love watching them eat. And I feed them one at a time. Only when one is completely finished eating do I move to the next. Anyone else with multiple snakes do this? Also, does anyone else have one that seems to like to wash it's face (rub the side of it's face against it's enclosure) after it's finished? My oldest ball does that and it's so cute! :D I used to have another ball a long time ago who did the same thing.

With the fairly large snake collection I have, I divide the feeding duties into three days per week, so I won't get too overwhelmed on one day. I have to say that I enjoy my python & boa feeding day the most and actually do look forward to it.

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It's funny though, on feeding night if one of my picky eaters decides to eat that night - my mood immediately turns euphoric!!!!!

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The day my BP ate her first meal with me I was ecstatic! I didn't even get to see her eat it because I left it alone with her for a few hours but the my heart like swelled when I checked back a few hours later and it was all gone. :D

A few days ago I fed three of my BP's and they all ate. I was in heaven! :gj: The next day, with my confidence and ego all inflated, I offered rats to my other two BP's. Nada. That sure burst my bubble! :please:

My roommates BP got burned really bad a couple months ago and is finally pretty much all healed but hasn't eaten since the burn yet we keep getting him a mouse every week and he's still not eating, so my boy keeps getting an extra mouse, and then this week after not showing much interest we went ahead and killed the mouse, then I got the idea to throw the fresh kill into his tank and he slammed it down. So now my snakes not only getting fattened up on double meals, but now has proven to eat dead, next is switching to rats and then maybe f/t.

BTW, anyone still have that link to the chart that compares mouse & rat sizes?

Nothing makes me happier than when most or all of my 20 balls all eat on feeding night.

Call me sick and twisted, but a heavy thump followed by a short squeak is music to my ears after months of feeding struggles. My babies and I had to work out some kinks in our routine, but now I'd say an average of 97% of them eat on schedule. Usually it's only if one is in blue and cranky that I get a refusal.

Of course, now that breeding season is nearly here, I'm going to be dealing with a lot more refusals, but at least this time I know it's normal.

Gale

It feels amazing when your trouble eaters eat, and fulfilling when your steady glutton never misses a meal and keeps growing. But now, am I the only one whose heart skips a beat and gets a nice kick of adrenaline every time the snakes strikes at a dangling mouse even after a couple of years of weekly feeding?

yes the sound of a squeaking rat does make the feeding process go a little bit better. yea i have 1 that is a pickey eater and he likes to go off feed for no reason at all then out of the blue i will offer him a rat and he will eat he has done me this way ever since i got him. i also have 1 that no matter what i throw in his tub he chows down on it so his name is garbage disposal