Night vs Day Feeding

[jimbus]

have fed both day and night with equal success

[Elise.m]

Since I don't have a job, and the store I get my feeders from closes at 6 pm, I feed during the day. Typically I wait til about 4-4:30, but if I have something to do that day, I'll feed earlier. I prescent and typically wait til they come out flicking their tongues to put the rat in.

[Jenn]

Because Ball Pythons are wait and ambush predators, they have a built-in ability to strike and kill prey from a sound sleep. It's natures way of ensuring their survival. This is why Pythons will eat in the daytime.

Most keepers will make sure the snake is actually awake before offering daytime prey, which is recommended because sometimes a Ball Python will not get the best "grab" when striking from a sound sleep, resulting in scratches or maybe even a bite.

[DNLball09]

i have a new normal ball, and i have feed her twice both during the day..

[ac5202002]

I feed during the day. Of course I wake them up first to make sure nothing happens. 2 of them eat rather quickly. The third I might try at night b/c she's a little more slower to eat during the day.

[brettsemrick]

I've gotten good feeding responses at night and during the day. But i usually feed at night because i'm at work during the day.

[SlitherinSisters]

I do both. I've never really had issues with them taking it during the day, other than I think one of them prefers to eat frozen thawed at night. But that girl gives me grief with f/t every now and again anyhow.

[BallsUnlimited]

i feed all my snakes in the afternoon hours of around 5 or 6 pm. But ive never had a problem feeding a bp at any given time unless they were on food strike.

[STEW]

I put the box on top of the cage and it doesnt matter if its morning, afternoon, or midnight. Mine will come out of the hide salavating and try to get to the box. His response is nutty because when I come back in there to get the rat out, he will strike at any type of movement (my hand going in front of the enclosure to get to the rat) like he is blinded by the smell of food......

[BPelizabeth]

I am pretty sure that mine will eat at anytime. We feed them on Saturday afternoon. I do know if I didn't that I would be in huge amounts of trouble with them. Come Saturday morning they are up and scouting around. They must have little mini calanders in their hides....