When do you feed your snake(s)?

[Hapa_Haole]

So, why do we (general public) so often hear about snakes eating once every month or so? Heck, one of the Craigslist ad snakes I enquired about was fed once a month.

Was it a larger python like a burm, retic, or a big blood? They can be fed larger prey items less often.

Dennis

[Patricia]

Was it a larger python like a burm, retic, or a big blood? They can be fed larger prey items less often.

No, it was a BP. When I was making enquiries about getting a BP, that's what that particular owner told me. 3yo snake, 4 feet long.

Our 15yo became very familiar with the corn snake kept in the school biology classroom ("Cornelius," cute!) and says it eats only one mouse a month. Any time they offered a mouse sooner, the snake didn't want it.

Interesting to read how some of the BPs here know when feeding day is. dh thinks snakes aren't smart, but I've seen all sorts of critters know specific times of day/week. I hope to fall into a steady rhythm with our new BP.

[Lolo76]

Does this look like a hungry snake to you? (taken last night) Mama, it's almost feeding day!!





Okay, I'll just wait here until the rat arrives...

[Friday2214]

We feed our 2 every friday. And it doesnt take any time at all

[Patricia]

Does this look like a hungry snake to you?

Exactly what mine looks like when it's ready to swallow something, LOL! Hey, I like that background you have. Where did you get it from?

[Lolo76]

Exactly what mine looks like when it's ready to swallow something, LOL! Hey, I like that background you have. Where did you get it from?

Thanks! I got it at Pet Kingdom in San Diego... are you in that part of SoCal? If so, it's a fun place to visit - albeit a tad overpriced and questionable in their reptile care.

[Patricia]

Not that far south. I snapped some nice photos around Yosemite and Arizona that I thought of enlarging and using as the tank background.

[Lolo76]

Not that far south. I snapped some nice photos around Yosemite and Arizona that I thought of enlarging and using as the tank background.

That would be way cool! Toby's tank has the coolest dinosaur background, which I got at a store here in the Bay Area... if/when I switch to tubs, I'm going to miss having those pretty backgrounds.