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killaclown · 12-28-03, 08:59 PM

Hi guys i have a little problem. I lost track of time and I forgot to feed my snake for like 2 weeks. My other BPs are ok because they eat 1 large rat ever week but this one is a baby. He hasnt went into to his hungry mode yet(keepin me up at night searching the cage for food) so i think every thing is cool. Let me know what you guys think i should do other than feeding him.

Zoe · 12-28-03, 09:30 PM

2 weeks is hardly anything to worry about, just feed him now.

You may want to keep written records of your feeding schedule so you don't forget important things like feeding a baby snake.

Zoe

HetForHuman · 12-28-03, 09:30 PM

How can you forget to feed your snake for 2 weeks when you said that you feed your other ones every week?

And what i think you should do is try to feed the poor thing, and not just wait till you see it start roaming the cage. All my ball pythons pretty much hide untill i take them out for feeding, and they all feed like savages every 5-7 days.

killaclown · 12-28-03, 10:20 PM

na i ment ever 2 weeks my bad but i just forgot all about him. I feel bad but i think hes ok i just fed him hes doing just fine now. I didnt feed my male adult BP for a month(doctors orders) and he came out ok.

mykee · 12-28-03, 10:47 PM

Bp's can go crazy lengths of time without eating, but with babies I would try not to make it a routine to 'forget' feeding them...

sapphire_moon · 12-29-03, 08:02 AM

ya they can go for a LONG time without eating, My female bp is going on a eating every month-month and a half- every 2 months eating scheduel. And my male bp hasn't ate in..............about a month, I would have to check my records though. So I wouldn't worry about that to much. I would worry more about the forgetting part. Keep a record of it in a note book or something, don't have to be anything expensive, just a spiral notebook, date, name of snake (or code) and what they ate or if they refused.....thats all I do.........

I do also keep charts of when they go to the bathroom, when they go into shed, and when they actually shed.....

*Spike* · 01-01-04, 08:36 PM

FEED HIM *lol*
you have nothing to worry about, two weeks is nothing (as long as you feed him now) .