This is an awesome thread! Thanks to all chiming in this was a great read after popping on here for the first time in a bit.

there have Been some really great thoughts already said but I just wanted to say that the best thing you can do for your animal in my eyes is learn it. Read it. Understand it and it’s patterns. They are all so different and once you see the rhythm ( which they all have and you can figure out over time) it becomes so easy. Having a multitude and variety of animals myself, you truly see how alike yet different they all can be.

even in the same species ! Of my 3 bps. One eats like he doesn’t know he’s a bp going on 3 and misses a meal for shed here and there or a sporadic offering. One is constantly off on and will sometimes est if I leave it but it’s always 50/50. One eats like a machine when she’s on and then is so off when she’s off. But I know it now and how she is. She slams prey when she’s ready. If she doesn’t I know she’s not into it and I don’t even leave it it’s a waste because I know how she is now because it’s her routine.

we all get caught up in temps and set ups and prey size and this and that. Yes we need to provide those things but that’s easy once dialed in. Learn the animal and it makes it so easy. I used to stress so hard in the beginning about every little thing and as you learn and grow it just becomes easier and way more fun when all the stress is gone.

enjoy all. Thanks again fun read