>>Im sorry for all the questions, this is just follow up from my below question on my 8-9 month old desert king..I try to feed once per week...I hear that it should be every 5 days...is this true? I also feed my corn snake once every 7 days..should it really be 5 days? or is every 7 days ok for a snake this age group?



There is no set schedule except for the one you make...

Feed the snake when it's hungry as much as it wants...

If all conditions / husbandry is correct it will thrive and probably want a meal in less than 5 days....Some of mine get fed every 3 or 4 days....Snakes are individuals so get to know it's needs/wants and feed it when it's hungry...



Usually when the timed lights turn off in my snake enclosures the hungry ones will emerge from their hides and "search"...this lets me know it is time to feed....



The every 5 or 7 days a week is a keeper's schedule and will maintain a live snake but it will be hungry a times while the keeper waits on that 5th or 7th day to arrive....



I hope this helps...
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John Lassiter

Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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• another feeding question-how often? - yankeeslover, Fri Nov 13 15:50:09 2009
• RE: another feeding question-how often? - Jlassiter, Fri Nov 13 16:37:36 2009
• RE: another feeding question-how often? - snake_bit, Fri Nov 13 17:08:16 2009