Nobody to play with : (

I have one. I have no sympathy for any of y'all.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Snake keeper problems:
When you have four snakes, but three are in shed and one just ate yesterday....
Nobody to play with :(

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I can feel your pain, I got 4 outta five with a full belly. But I’m not complaining. Lol

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Snake keeper problems:
When you have four snakes, but three are in shed and one just ate yesterday....
Nobody to play with :(

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Sadly that's a normal Monday for me. I feed on Sunday and leave them alone for a day or two before I play with them again.

I try and Do the same exact thing and stagger my feeding so that I always have one or two available for handling. However sometimes the days just line up with my schedule being whatever it is I just want to get them fed if I am not going to be around for some reason. Sushi being on an every other week schedule gives me some flexibility because he has a longer window for handling

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

I actually split feeding days up throughout the week, just so I have flexibility with handling. Typically I feed two at a time, then a few days later the other two. Sometimes sheds and refusals will change things, but I try to follow that routine.

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I feed on the same day for everyone. It makes it easy to remember and once Behira or Figment smell food, they are done anyone. NO way I am going to try to handle Behira with rat smell in the room!

The two exceptions are when Behira is bigger, she will eat less frequently than the others, so I will have to skip her on some feeding days. We will both have to adjust. Additionally, Solana, once settled in, will eat every 4-5 days for a while, so I'll have to keep track of her separately, until she's on a once a week and eventually every two week schedule.

Otherwise, I like to keep it simple. Besides, the adults eat every two weeks, so I only have to "go without" them for 2-3 days out of every 14. It's all good. Happy and healthy over play time.

Well, today's a new day. Tyson shed last night and Cosmo has had over 48 hours to digest...now if only I didn't have to do this "go to work" thing...

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Well, today's a new day. Tyson shed last night and Cosmo has had over 48 hours to digest...now if only I didn't have to do this "go to work" thing...

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The things we do to pay for our passions.

Thursday is feeding day so Friday is leave everyone alone day. Rainbow's feeding mode duration is lessening as time goes on. I think she is finally getting to the point where she is not always hungry. I am working on her epic cage build and have put off moving for a while (Hurricane Harvey killed the housing market here). Will take me a couple of months to get it done. I think she needs more exercise and room to explore. The only thing that worries me is that she might go feral on me thinking she is free. LOL.

I pretty much do the same as dakski said...I feed all on the same day. There's a few exceptions sometimes...like the ones who go off-feed in winter & need
more food to catch up (that's my rosy boa & western longnose); or after my female Florida rat snakes lay their slugs every year about this time, they'll be
eating machines & need more food. But otherwise, I feed all at once & it wouldn't be fun to handle the ones I didn't give food to, just saying...;) They know!

when u can't play snakes, play hockey!

(or play pokemon :oops: )

I have 8 snakes and have found myself in a similar situation a few times. Several in shed and a few that have just eaten. There's usually one or two that are available for handling though.