How much time?

I've never actually timed it. I have one BP and one Bearded dragon (who is currently brumating).

The BP takes 15 to feed on feeding day, and I take her out maybe 3-5 days a week, for 10-60 minutes. Right now she's crawling over me and the couch while I browse online. I clean as needed, and change the water as needed or weekly. I'd say... its about an hour of work a week, and a few hours a play.

The dragon, on the other hand [when not brumating], is fed greens and worms on a daily basis, usually poops daily too, so that needs cleaning. I try to take her out daily to play. And I do a full tank cleaning once a month or so, which takes an hour or so.

Every chance I get...I have reduced my collection down to around 100 breeders..."50 or so being balls"....plus offspring. I work usually from 9am to 5-7 pm....but as soon as I get home....I go straight for the snake room and clean, feed, organize, water, move males into different females enclosures, and clean somemore.....I absolutely love it....

2-3 hours a night except on monday which is my biggest feeding day I usually work in the snake rooms for 5-6 hours feeding and watering and on thursday i usually do another 5-6 hours I pull all the water bowls wash them and get caught up cleaning the dirty tubs ive pulled from earlier in the week

I have 2 cats, that act like they never eat.. then I feed my reptiles, BP,BD & Iguana. Then I have to feed my kids, then finally myself.. I give quality time to all my pets... Cleaning, I am pretty fast and good at doing.

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Originally Posted by JoshJP7

I know theres more than 2 BP owners out there!!! Cmon yall how much time do you spend?? How many snakes??

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lol I didn't pipe-in right away because I've only been a BP owner for a week and a half and my Metcal data for it is already enormous, so the time I spend probably isn't very representative.

I'd say about half an hour a day tinkering with the setup and general handling, another half-hour once a week for feeding. A total of about 4 hours for the one snake.

I spend at least 10 minutes a day playing with our BP. Our kids hold him most everyday also. Some days an hour or more. And I let him crawl around some too...
I spot clean every other day when I change the water. Feed, usually once a week.

Our bearded dragon on the other hand, like mentioned above, daily feedings/cleaning and he runs around the house at least 3 or 4 hours a day. Usually chasing the sun on the floor...

I haven't really ever timed it, but I check their tubs everyday to make sure they have water and to check conditions of the tubs. If any tubss during this check are dirty they're cleaned right away. My feeding day is thurs for my one female that has put her foot down on live mice and then friday for the rest of the F/T crew. Sat or Sunday I spend cleaning the cages again that need to be cleaned. I probably spend 3-5 hours per week maintaining my small little collection.