baby Indonesian Ophiophagus hannah

[skydivegayguy]

hey everybody! I'm currently getting ready to welcome a female baby Indonesian King Cobra to my collection and have a few questions. well more so I've gathered a bunch of information from a few well known breeders and want to run my plan by all of you, any and all input from experienced indonesian king keepers would be greatly appreciated

she is 3-4 months old, and has been feeding twice per week since she was a week old, I'm told that she's a good feeder, needing minimal assistance when she doesn't go for it on her own, but I'm fully expecting to have to assist and potentially force feed her on a regular basis.

habitat: temporarily she will be in a 15 gallon tank until her custom enclosure arrives from the manufacturer (she is arriving early because the breeder wouldn't hold her any longer). her heat will be kept at 82-85 degrees on the hot side and room temp (73-75 degrees) on the cool side. I'll be maintaining her humidity by going in once or twice per day to spray down her enclosure, and give her some condensation to drink off of the foliage

feeding: this is where I'm getting conflicting information from different keepers, some are saying feed 2-3 times per week, whether she takes it on her own or I have to force feed. others are saying offer food 2-3 times per week, if she doesn't take it on her own then only force feed twice a month at the most or the stress will kill her. I currently have 2 ribbon snakes in my freezer ready for feeding, and I am on the hunt for ratsnakes as I've heard they tend to go over well with indo's. but I do have a regular source of ribbon snakes and corn snakes, and definitely rat snakes this summer.

so as it stands my plan is to offer her a meal when she first gets here since she won't have eaten in a few days, put her in her enclosure with a big water dish. and leave her alone for three days, only coming in to mist her enclosure. after she settles in I'll be offering her food every 2-3 days and go from there.

any advice is welcomed and appreciated