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I really enjoy feeding my baby ball pythons because they eat DURING the day without any problems.
This has also been the case when I raised a a large group of 32 CH'ed babies in 2002.
I really wish my adults/yearlings would feed during the day light hours. I'm not a night person and I hate when I end up going to sleep around 2-4AM on nights when I feed my snakes.
Do you think I could try feeding my snakes during the day?
I'm guessing it would be a waste of time.
They actually eat anytime, atleast mine do. I usually feed at night as I pick up my feeders at night. They seem to have the best feeding response at night as well.
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That's interesting Damon...I found that my babies feed much better at night, but my adults feed anytime....LOL ball pythons are psychotic.....
HMMM so if I have a yearling that is a problem feeder, I should try a different time of day? Or is that a waste of my sleep? I usually feed late afternoon. 2 out of 10 have started a hunger strike for the past 3 weeks. I will try tonight after midnight. Thanks for the idea.
Baby balls, IMO feed better at night (at least they do for me). If you think about, all BPS need to feel secure to eat well. The darkness of night lends some security. Once a snake is established in in my care for a while, the seem to feel secure enough to eat just about any time....Just my thoughts....
A baby snake in the wild has one goal: to get as big as it can as fast as it can. An adult that doesn't eat for 3 months, no big deal. A baby that doesn't eat or grow for a month is toast. There is no evolutionary advantge to staying small and being prey for so many things in the harsh savannas of Africa, so they are maybe hard wired to be THAT much MORE opportunistic than older animals.
Baby Ball Pythons here always have food on the brain. Once they eat for the 2nd or 3rd time, that's it, they just become PSYCHO feeders. Its nuts.
I think I will try to feed some snakes this afternoon and see what happens.
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