When to feed/handle

Ok I just brought my first BP home (male Mojave) I'm hearing from some folks wait 2 to 3 days to handle/feed then some say a week. Please tell me which one and do I handle first then feed or feed then handle?

Generally you wait 1 week after its home to try and feed. As for handling, most say don't handle 24 hours prior to feeding and 2-3 days after feeding. But each snake is different. My red tail boa will eat no matter what I do. She is a machine. I actually pick her up while she is holding her rat and put her into a shallow heavy ceramic dish so she doesn't eat aspen. My baby bp started eating 2 days after I got her home and I can handle her prior to feeding and she still goes ape:cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: for a rat when I put it in. So like I said, each snake has its own personality but what I said above is the general rule.

I literally just got done answering this question in another thread. :)

Enjoy the read! http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2307274

Best regards,
Eric

I handle my animals day 1 if they are receptive. If they are explorative and using their tongue to smell around, if they aren't in a defensive etc. I read my animals very well after so many years of working with them. Some snakes need a week or two to feel safe and adjusted. Remember you don't play with a snake. You support them and give them security for the world. If you can make them feel safe day 1 do it. I have had my lesser enchi female for 3 weeks and I could tell day 1 she needed her own time. I gave it to her and she is amazing now. The other 30+ snakes were all handled day 1 then ate day 3 no problem. Be calm. Be supportive. Move slow but with conviction. Don't hesitate and worry about your Animal. It makes them worry. I think they can feel our vibration from our soul. My animals know on some molecular level I am their security. Because I broadcast that feeling with my whole being.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Foolish1

I think they can feel our vibration from our soul. My animals know on some molecular level I am their security. Because I broadcast that feeling with my whole being.

---

This made me smile. Thank you. :)

My girl said it last night. She wanted to call me the snake whisperer. But she said they don't hear so I am the snake vibrator. It all comes down to your internal feeling. Slow your heartbeat. Be a tree for them. Become security and calming. If you feel any emotions they feel them too. They smell the chemical change in our odor. They feel your heartbeat. Become one with them and let them know you are their security.

Aaaaaand I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Too many rainbows and unicorns for me.

That's fine by me. People nowadays don't not how to slow down and relax. I tried to verbalize a way to make your body relaxed. If you don't think our emotions smell differently you havent done any research. You can lie to your conscious self but your body emits certain odors and vibrations due to how it's going. Your blood pumps faster and your skin oils change with aggression or fear. This is fact. I personally hate rainbow and unicorn hippies. Maybe one day we shall ride against them with our hatred atop giant black steeds. Until then I was just saying how you can slow your entire being down and emit certain emotions on a more than verbal level.

I don't ever enforce my will upon my animals. I'm just there for them. Like a tree is. Gtps love trees and perches it makes them feel safe. Hence why I said be a tree. Just be there for them and let them exist. They respect you more for it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Eric Alan

I literally just got done answering this question in another thread. :)

Enjoy the read! http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2307274

Best regards,
Eric

---

Ok good info but I want to feed him outside his enclosure, how would that work?