Quote Originally Posted by psykotik8 View Post
well... we got the female today and were not trying to feed her yet. the male we have had for about 7 days now. when i bout him they told me i needed to wait a week or so for settling before trying to feed. also not to feed in hir terrarium so i have a smaller terrarium for them while there being fed.

how long should i leave the mouse in the cage before taking it out?

thank you for all your help.

herbd
If the snake doesn't take the mouse within the first few minutes, you can be pretty sure it isn't going to eat.

How is your tank set up?
What are his temps/humidity?
Hide boxes?
What size tank is he in and how big is he?
You say you got him 7 days ago - since then what have you done with the snake? Any handling at all?

Personally, I feel there is no reason to remove him from him cage to feed him. You stand more of a chance of stressing out a new snake doing that than you do feeding him in his cage. You will be in the cage more often to change water, handle and clean than you will be to feed so there is nothing to worry about in regards to him thinking there is always food (if that's the reason the person gave you for not feeding in the tank).

Give us some more information to go on and we'll see if we can get it sorted out!