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How long should you wait after an animal has been shipped to you, to feed it? 2 days? 3 days? a week?
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Sign of the Serpent

I say offer one right away if not wait a week then try again
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1.2.0 ball python (aragorn, arwen,`eowyn)
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1.0.0 columbian boa (squiggles)
1.0.0 rat snake (alabastered)
0.1.0 corn snake (baby)
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0.0.5 pacific green tree frogs
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Brian n Chrissy
"snakes are kind of like potato chips, you cant have just one"

you can try as soon as you want just dont force it. a good way of not stressing it out is to put the food in the room at night and leave it alone until morning, if it eats it eats, if it doesnt, just wait until you see it looking for food.
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jake

my addiction:
0.0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1.0 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

I purchased a baby Albino from Morph King Reptiles a few months ago and it slammed a small rat 2 hours after I recieved it in the mail. Thanks again Wes & Joe. He is not a baby anymore.

If it's due to be fed you can try to feed it according to schedule - some balls will take some time adjusting to their new environment before they will feed - like weeks or months - so if it doesn't eat right away don't panic - I've had some feed the same day they got here (not really standard practice) and some that it took some time - generally i try to give them a week of settle in time before doing anything with them.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

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