feeeding issues

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Originally Posted by Boarder4l154

so some good news and some bad news. The good news is my new girl came yesteday and is evedently doing just fine since she's already pooped, peed, and eaten a f/t mouse this morning!

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as a newbie myself please excuse me if i am misunderstanding your post but...

did you get the snake one day and feed it the next day? it's my understanding you need to let them get used to their new home, which means not holding them or feeding them for a few days.

i'm sick right now and can't remember how many days you are supposed to wait before attempting to feed their first meal.

Good eye there Aleesha, I missed that completely myself lol. It's generally accepted that you need to give a new snake a full 7 days or even more to settle in with no handling, minimal stress/contact other than basic cage maintenance and then offer it's first meal with you after that point. Then no handling for 48 hours of course.

Good for you for catching that even sick LOL.


~~Jo~~

ah nice to know i'm not as brain dead as this flu is making me believe LOL

actually she didn't eat her second meal... I did feed her a couple days after I recieved her but she took it just fine then... I don't think this is a matter of she being stressed cuz of husbandry.... she did fine when I handled her, no balling up or anything. I'm hoping she just didn't feel like eating because she was about to shed. I've also seen her out and about at night so that leads me to believe that shes pretty comfortable in her new home. oh well... i'll wait till after shes done shedding and offer her another f/t. no big worries just yet.

I actually fed Salazar two days after I brought him home. I thought the 7-day timeframe referred to handling issues only. He performed like a champ though. Not only did he eat after two days in a new place, it was his first f/t. He's eaten twice since so hopefully he's not too scarred.

i also feed my BP the second day that i got her.

Glad that worked out for you all with your snakes. The way I look at it myself is this....if it's generally accepted practise or wisdom gained by those that have many more snakes and years of experience than I do and have found these practises to be in their collections best interest (and have most likely seen what happens when they deviate) then who am I to reinvent the wheel so to speak.


~~Jo~~

ok so a question for the experienced. Is it ok to feed a newly aquired snake within the 7 day isolation period or would that just add extra stress? I would think that if it eats when offered, it would be ok but I'm no expert...

boarder....one should not argue with an expert. i feed on teh second day. it worked yes, but now that i know a little more about snakes, on my next purchase i will wait that 7 days or so. a snake not eatting for 7 days is probably like a human missing there dinner.

jo beat me to the punch with her post... but I will definatly heed the advise of those more experienced than me. I had never heard that you were supposed to wait till the 7th day of settling in before offering food, but now I know and the next snake I get {as I'm sure I will} will be offered on the 7th day.