Quote Originally Posted by j_h_smith View Post
You feed the snake what it will eat. If it wants to go back to mice, then feed it mice. If it wants rat weanlings, then feed it that. I learned LONG ago, that if a snake wants a cheesburger, you feed him a cheesburger, if he wants prime rib, feed him prime rib.
That is my philosophy. Give the snake what it wants, not what you think it wants or what you want to give it. 50 cents a feeding comes out to what? $26 a year? That's a pretty trivial amount, IMO.

Sometimes I'm amazed when I figure out something about my snake. When I got my little boa, he never used his hide. But he would spend a lot of time in the corner directly behind the hide. I figured, okay, my boa is one of those odd ones that has no need for hides. Until one day I was cleaning his cage and on a whim, flipped his hide around so the entrance faced that corner. The next day, he was in the hide. I'm like duh.

And my corns, I took their hides out cause they'd rather burrow under the layers of paper. If that's what makes them happy, that's fine with me.

But food. Food's another story. I feed them what they want to eat. I'd rather have them eating than constantly futzing and worrying about it.

Do what works. Works for me, works for my snakes.