Pet Owner vs Breeding

[Yzmasmom]

Also, a huge part of this is frustration on the huge mix of information.

I've heard everything from 5-14 days for feeding, and once a day (not including after feeding) three times a week, once a week, once a month for handling. One hide. Two hides. Two waters. One water. Red fish. Blue fish. Blah blah blah.

I'm going cross eyed with how much misinformation is mixed into necessity. So much so that I treat EVERYONE who offers me advice of any kind with skepticism and grains of salt.


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If you look on any website for info, you get different answers from each site. Just like you get different answers from each person. When trying to figure out how much and how often to feed Yzma, I asked her breeder and a few people on here via PM as well as making a thread. Then, I took that info and applied it to what works for my snake. Is she losing weight with how I'm feeding? Is she gaining too much? Is it causing periodic fasts? Trial and error. You just have to take all of the info and do what works for your snake. Many people said feeding her a medium rat once a week would cause her to go on fasts and I need to go to either a small rat or a medium every 14 days. Some said as long as it's a medium under a certain weight, it's fine. If she fasts, try every 14 days. I had to take everyone's opinions and think about them and then see what worked for Yzma. And, maybe it won't work in future. Things change.
Same for handling.... it makes sense that you woukdnt want to stress them, so, you go by how tour snak reacts. Some may only tolerate a few times a week and some, every day.
It makes sense to have a hut on each side of the tank, but maybe, for some snakes, one hide works. But I digress - my point is, ask 10 people and get 10 answers. None are necessarily wrong or better. Owning an animal means we learn constantly, even the experts. We research, learn, apply and help others where we can. If our answers differ from someone else's, that's ok, as long as something isn't being done that can hurt the animal.