Do you feed at night or in the daytime

I want to know if you guys feed at night or in the day. Also if you could elaborate and tell us around which time of day or night and if you think it matters in your ball pythons feeding response. Thanks guys.

At night, because that is when the food is delivered :)

Well fer cryin out loud...I thought I pushed the at night button but it must have been the day button. Sheesh! Anyway, I feed at night because they are active and on the prowl!:gj:

I'm feeding right now :)

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

I'm feeding right now :)

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LOL.What time is it where your at?

7:30 at night
lights go off at 6

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

7:30 at night
lights go off at 6

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So then you have you bp's in a terrarium not a rack?

I wouldn't call them terrariums, but they're not racks.
I used to feed in the morning but after a problem feeding I am now switched to night-time. Apparently my BP wants privacy this winter.

Day time.

I feed on Wednesdays between 8 and 9 pm. That time works because my wife doesn't like to be present for feeding time, so I feed when she's putting the kids to bed.

I have fed this snake early in the day, though, and his response was just as strong then as it is at night.

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

I'm feeding right now :)

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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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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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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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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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I feed at night too... so that is why my email program is open, & I find my money missing in my purse. Ohh I may have to leave my webcam on & see if George is the culprit!! ha ha:P

Pre-scenting is very effective... I've fed in the day time with no problems, I'm not implying that one works better than the other, I just choose to feed at night.
As for the light, to the best of my knowledge they spend the daylight hours in borrows, etc... coming out after dark to feed. I believe they "know" when it's dark... like they "know" the seasons are changing...
Maybe someone else will chime with more info?

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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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Originally Posted by reptile3

I feed at night too... so that is why my email program is open, & I find my money missing in my purse. Ohh I may have to leave my webcam on & see if George is the culprit!! ha ha:P

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You too!?!?! :O lol

I feed at night - Saturday night during Reptile Radio to be exact. :rolleye2:

I feed most of my collection on Tuesdays around 6-7p.m. Everyone eats at that time, but since I have two on every 5 day schedules, they don't all eat on the same evening. :)

I selected day, but I meant Night. Every 5 days for now, until he gets a little bigger.

i feed at night but only because i go into work at 4am and get home at 4pm.... so after shower and dinner for me then its dinner time for mitch, around 7ish. but i have fed in the day time and even morning and had just as strong a feeding responce as at night. and yes pre scenting is crucial imo.

My snakes will eat anytime but at night they are waiting for food and take them right off the hemostats. In the daytime it is best to prescent the room. If I just set a f/t rat on a hide and leave it, sometimes they get cold before the snake wakes up and smells it.

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

I usually feed at night, just because thats when I have time to do it. I have fed during the day before. Slinky doesn't really care, he likes to eat.

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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

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Yeah thanks...I've actually been keepin up on the other thread since we were having the same problem. We tried again last night with no luck so I'm SERIOUSLY starting to consider posting a video of our next feeding attempt just to get input from everyone...

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Originally Posted by b8byjenny

Yeah thanks...I've actually been keepin up on the other thread since we were having the same problem. We tried again last night with no luck so I'm SERIOUSLY starting to consider posting a video of our next feeding attempt just to get input from everyone...

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Do you wait a week before trying new feeding strategies. Also you should try feeding pre-killed that are a little smaller than you would usually feed it. Also check the temps and humidity. Make sure the hide is an appropriate size. How big is your snake. Has it ate for you before? Did you handle it a lot before it went off of feed?

I've been feeding Monty in the evening, usually before 9:00pm every Saturday. I feed him 2 f/t adult mice or one small rat (he's at 540 grams as of an hour ago), which seems to be the magic amount for him.

Up until 2 weeks ago I would get his food from a local pet superstore, and noticed that their f/t would really smell up the room when they thawed. Then 2 weeks ago I bought a bulk-pack of 50 adult mice from the local reptile swap (fun to keep in the freezer next to the kid's popsicles ;) ). I was going to buy small rats, but they had run out before I got there. But now I've noticed that these new f/t mice haven't much odor, especially compared to the superstore bought mice.

So I've had to do more work to get Monty to strike these mice. But the 2 things that seem to help are 1) keeping the lights lower in the room to make him rely on his sense of smell over eyesight, and 2) make sure the mouse is warmer than room temp so that his heat pits see the mouse. Since doing these two changes Monty noticeably strikes hard at the mouse by instinct alone!

I hope this helps others! :)

I just got done feeding mine now. I kinda just do it when I have time. Usually ends up being night though by the time I get home and thaw out everything.

Night time for mine. That is when he is up and looking for food.:snake:

I feed all my snakes on Monday afternoons. It works pretty well so far.

Monday evening here.

Depends on the snake or rather species. I feed the boa and ball in the evening, looking for them to awake and "ready" (noses out of hides with their game faces on).

I don't think the corn would care if I woke him up to eat, he's just so excited about the miracle of mouses from the sky. =D

The burm is happy to eat anytime on any day that ends in "Y". He also is only one of the four who literally begs for food. Imagine this face, minus the tears, on a snake head.

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"...mommy...so...hungry...near...death....withering...away..."

We call him "puppy" when he looks like this, hehe!

i have a wierd feeding routine for my bp...but i feed it durin the day, strictly only every 7 days...on wed...at around 4 or 5 p.m...but my bp is picky the way he/she eats....its a baby, about 3-4 months old...and the only way he will eat so far is from my hands outside of his enclosure.

I can feed lesser when ever, he doesn't really care but as long as he smells food he gos into hunt mode. The rescues have ate yet but seem more active at night and in the morning so i try to feed then. I normally try to wait until i see them up and moving around, because I that that is the best time to try instead when they are seeking protection in their hide.

more so the evening than when it's completely dark out, but still night-ish...