But for the person with ONE pet snake, it's almost impossible not to waste food (& even with multiple snakes, "re-offering" food is a great way to share diseasesOriginally Posted by zina10
...If the snake is healthy, let it fast and do its thing
& is therefore NOT recommended either).
It takes practice to "read" a snake's behavior...new owners & even some long-time keepers have trouble with that. To offer food? or not?
There is no set length of time for a BP fast, and no set time of year for that to start & end. Does fasting start (or stop) at a certain age? Nope...
How does a person know it's a normal fast & not an illness??? And when a snake doesn't feed routinely, how long before many owners just lose interest or
even forget to offer food when they should? In a way, ball pythons "teach" their owners to neglect them.
Hey, I know they're pretty, they stay a nice size & they're mostly docile...but honestly, they're a "royal" pain too, for many people.
It's like when you try to take (& pass) a college class without first taking the prerequisite courses.Beginners BEWARE!
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