Newly adopted

[Teal]

Congrats on your new buddy!

I personally would feed his normal sized prey... either he will eat or he won't If he doesn't, it's no biggie.

Everyone suggests waiting weeks before handling, but I'm a little out of the box.. I will very lightly handle from the onset. None of my snakes have seemed to mind

[nothsa]

Hey there fellow Londoner. With my Pythons and Boas I find it best to give a couple weeks down time, but all my corns have been handled right from the start without any issues. I also have had no problems feeding them right away. As long as his habitat is set up properly as far as temps and hiding places you should have no problems with him whatsoever.

I've started all my snakes this way and have never had any issues or strikes (knock on wood!) regardless of their age.

However, be careful, as my collection started out as me telling my son he could have just one! Now it's 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and.................

[sharthun]

Originally Posted by Teal

Congrats on your new buddy!

I personally would feed his normal sized prey... either he will eat or he won't If he doesn't, it's no biggie.

Everyone suggests waiting weeks before handling, but I'm a little out of the box.. I will very lightly handle from the onset. None of my snakes have seemed to mind

Nice to know that there are others with "out of the box" thinking! I'm the same way. I handled all 3 of my colubrids from the start and have no issues.

[Concept9]

Personally I never wait weeks after getting a new snake to handle it. It depends on the animal a little but I normally give them 2 or 3 days to adjust.

If I don't know when they were last fed, I feed them 1-3 days after I bring them home and I have never had an issue with them eating.