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    Should I feed him now?

    So I brought home some live feeders for my corn, we picked up a few extra so wouldn't we have to go back next week. I think Oby caught a wiff of them because he is out of his hide and is looking around his cage. I don't know if I am reading into it or not, but he is acting the same way Zipper does around feeding time. He is raising up to the the screen and rooting around. I have only had him since Thursday. Should I still wait a complete week or try to feed him?
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    Re: Should I feed him now?

    I know a lot of people do wait the whole week to feed. I, however have fed less than a week after I got mine. Because I live 30 miles from where I get feeders, I like to feed everyone on the same day. I didn't want to have to make a seperate trip. Was your snake fed by the store, or breeder that you got it from, recently? If it was, I would wait the whole week, or maybe even the next scheduled feeding day.
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    Re: Should I feed him now?

    He was fed last saturday, which is why he didn't ship him the monday as planned. so it has been 8 days since he last fed. I don't mind keeping the mice it was my intention in the first place. But he seemed interested so I thought maybe I would try. I was planning on waiting till next saturday.
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    Re: Should I feed him now?

    i got mine on tuesday and fed him on friday, he ate fine
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    Re: Should I feed him now?

    My Mom and I talked about it and decided to go ahead and try. HE ATE!
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    Re: Should I feed him now?

    I mean as long as its been atleast 3-4 days I would so go ahead. Which you said he ate anyways, so thats fine. I just try not to really handle atleast a week due to stressing.
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    Re: Should I feed him now?

    I would feed him now. Waiting a week is just a guideline for in general. If you can read your snake and he's hungry I would feed him. If he seems to get hungry too frequently, I would feed him bigger prey.
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