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Posted by: Bluerosy at Thu Mar 27 21:31:13 2014   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bluerosy ]  
   

Where do you stand on if they don't eat right away though? Do you still suggest offering food daily or then wait and let them chill for a bit?

I normally get them to eat. Unless they are going into shed.


But I think we are talking about new born babies??.. because a king that has already eaten several times should not refuse food unless it is not being supported right. So jo, I don't wait for a king to decide to eat if it has growth.. they are not like Ball pythons which just shut down for no apparent reason. So if a kings does not eat there is something wrong with the husbandry . Or the snake is ill, emaciated or starved for long periods which makes for finicky feeders.




But with newborn neonates- sometimes just need time to develop an appetite from absorbing their yolk before their first meal. So when they first hatch they can go through one , two or three sheds before feeding..

some lines eat better than others.. some just want / need time..but they all end up eating.

But a king which has been started should eat.
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Another oddity, snakes have scent glands, hmmmmmmmmmm what are they for?
FR

   

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