Do you feed at night or in the daytime

since I've started working third shift we have shifted to feeding durring the day. This hasn't seemed to change the feeding response in any of our snakes so far most are eating ohter then those who are not breeding presently.

I pretty much feed when ever I find time. My feeding days are on Tuesdays and feeding a few dozen snakes with feeders ranging from rat pup to several pounds, it takes some time to thaw them out and get them all ready.

I have one snake that I think likes to eat at night the most. But, she still eats when ever she is given food. Even more so right now thats she has came off of a long fast.

I have heard of peoples snakes only eating at night.

Id be pretty pissed if I was in the middle of sleeping and someone woke me up to eat... Night time

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Originally Posted by Laooda

Ditto!
Someone correct me if I'm wrong:
Because they're nocturnal BP's wonder out of their burrows after dark to eat, drink, check their E-mail, play the lotto...:weirdface Whut?

Really... I feed at night because that's when they are "naturally" active.

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with 43 snakes no wonder why my room is always messy,no food in the fridge, im broke all the time, and the truck is always out of gas.heh actually i think they leave rodent burrows at night to move to another burrow to wait for the next meal.

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Originally Posted by mwedgley

Agreed but if you pre-scent wouldn't that wake them up anyways. I don't think that in the wild they only eat when a rat or mouse crosses by them at night. Plus if you keep them in a rack they aren't getting much light in from outside so I don't know how that would make much of a difference.

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good point here!


i feed both some snakes wont eat durring the day, while some eat all the time, and some just plain try to eat you! as for how many days i wouldnt feed more than every 3 days. that gives time for digestion and prevents regergutation due to food going bad in stomach before it can be digested all the way.

i have some that will only eat once a week and some that just seem to want to eat all day long(which i dont allow) if it means anything my het Lavander albino female hatched 7-21-07(50 grams then) is 550 grams now and she trys to eat me at times

I feed my guys when I have time. Most of the time that is in the evening after work. when I feed on the weekends, it is usually in the middle of the day. I've found no trouble with feeding my guys at any time. They know when I bring the bowl of thawed rodents into the room and by the time I get to the adults (I feed the youngsters first and then the adults) they are waiting at the front of their tubs for a nice juicy rat.

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Originally Posted by McAdry

since I've started working third shift we have shifted to feeding durring the day. This hasn't seemed to change the feeding response in any of our snakes so far most are eating ohter then those who are not breeding presently.

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Awesome, that's the kind of info I want. Not that I want you to say it doesn't matter but I want somebody who has experienced both to shed some light on the subject.

I'm just jealous that all of your snakes are eating! :(

now that mine is FINALLY eating again i usuall feed at night. have fed at all times tho due to busy schedule with studies. neither has proven better than the other as she knows when she is in the feeding tank and becomes very active (except for the colder months). she is always kept at the same temp year round but doesnt seem to want to eat durin the winter months.

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Originally Posted by b8byjenny

I'm just jealous that all of your snakes are eating! :(

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I know how you feel mine just came off of hunger strike. I started a thread to get advise and everything. Finally I got her to eat and so I then wrote another thread about how I got her to eat here is the thread http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=62554

my BP eat only at night