I agree to feed on a schedule, but with only one snake its easy to vary the time, in a good way. Snakes in the wild don't get a meal ever Monday at 7 so why should our little gems. I do my walks through my snake room and feed the ones that look hungry. It helps to have an unlimited food supply. I also agree with prekilled over live. And muiltiple small meals rather than one large meal, feeding instinct takes over after the first prey. Enjoy your new snake and spoil it with attention just not after a meal.

Lots of luck.

Jeremy

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• How often should they eat?? - laserpentineroja, Mon May 24 09:57:15 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - davidag02, Mon May 24 10:03:18 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - laserpentineroja, Mon May 24 10:07:11 2004
• Also, the longer you go between feedings... - Genaroleon, Mon May 24 10:20:03 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - bighurt, Mon May 24 11:14:48 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - davidag02, Mon May 24 11:26:40 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - bighurt, Mon May 24 22:05:01 2004
• You should have been feeding the boa every 7 days right from the start..... - Hoppy, Mon May 24 20:05:47 2004