Do you feed at night or in the daytime

[Whittney32]

I usually feed at night, just because thats when I have time to do it. I have fed during the day before. Slinky doesn't really care, he likes to eat.

[b8byjenny]

I know how you feel mine just came off of hunger strike. I started a thread to get advise and everything. Finally I got her to eat and so I then wrote another thread about how I got her to eat here is the thread http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=62554

Yeah thanks...I've actually been keepin up on the other thread since we were having the same problem. We tried again last night with no luck so I'm SERIOUSLY starting to consider posting a video of our next feeding attempt just to get input from everyone...

[mwedgley]

Yeah thanks...I've actually been keepin up on the other thread since we were having the same problem. We tried again last night with no luck so I'm SERIOUSLY starting to consider posting a video of our next feeding attempt just to get input from everyone...

Do you wait a week before trying new feeding strategies. Also you should try feeding pre-killed that are a little smaller than you would usually feed it. Also check the temps and humidity. Make sure the hide is an appropriate size. How big is your snake. Has it ate for you before? Did you handle it a lot before it went off of feed?

[Kerig3]

I've been feeding Monty in the evening, usually before 9:00pm every Saturday. I feed him 2 f/t adult mice or one small rat (he's at 540 grams as of an hour ago), which seems to be the magic amount for him.

Up until 2 weeks ago I would get his food from a local pet superstore, and noticed that their f/t would really smell up the room when they thawed. Then 2 weeks ago I bought a bulk-pack of 50 adult mice from the local reptile swap (fun to keep in the freezer next to the kid's popsicles ). I was going to buy small rats, but they had run out before I got there. But now I've noticed that these new f/t mice haven't much odor, especially compared to the superstore bought mice.

So I've had to do more work to get Monty to strike these mice. But the 2 things that seem to help are 1) keeping the lights lower in the room to make him rely on his sense of smell over eyesight, and 2) make sure the mouse is warmer than room temp so that his heat pits see the mouse. Since doing these two changes Monty noticeably strikes hard at the mouse by instinct alone!

I hope this helps others!

[Corrupter]

I just got done feeding mine now. I kinda just do it when I have time. Usually ends up being night though by the time I get home and thaw out everything.

[WaRocker]

Night time for mine. That is when he is up and looking for food.

[Jake_Snake]

I feed all my snakes on Monday afternoons. It works pretty well so far.

[dracovolans]

Monday evening here.

[cassandra]

Depends on the snake or rather species. I feed the boa and ball in the evening, looking for them to awake and "ready" (noses out of hides with their game faces on).

I don't think the corn would care if I woke him up to eat, he's just so excited about the miracle of mouses from the sky. =D

The burm is happy to eat anytime on any day that ends in "Y". He also is only one of the four who literally begs for food. Imagine this face, minus the tears, on a snake head.


"...mommy...so...hungry...near...death....withering...away..."

We call him "puppy" when he looks like this, hehe!

[Igor]

i have a wierd feeding routine for my bp...but i feed it durin the day, strictly only every 7 days...on wed...at around 4 or 5 p.m...but my bp is picky the way he/she eats....its a baby, about 3-4 months old...and the only way he will eat so far is from my hands outside of his enclosure.