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Hi everyone

How long should you let a ball python acclimate to a new enclosure before attempting to feed?

I'm thinking around a couple days to a week.
What do you think? Shes been picky lately so i placed her inside a more private enclosure with tighter hide boxes.

Thanks to everyone on this forum ( and many others) for answering some questions for me. Much appreciated.

RDM

As a general rule we move them in to a new enclosure on Feeding day, give them a week to acclimate, then try giving them a rodent on the next Feeding Day. It varies snake to snake though. Everyone has that female who will eat anything anytime, others are so picky I can only feed them at a certain time of day. So I would recommend waiting a week if you don't know a snake particularly well. Otherwise, use your knowledge of their personality.
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