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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895
I feed all of my snakes within two days of getting them regardless if they've been shipped or not. As a matter of fact I usually feed them that night. I don't think it bothers a healthy snake that much.
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What I do & what I recommend are actually 2 different things, only because I have plenty of experience to cope in the event of a feeding-"fail" (regurge). I think it's better for less-experienced keepers not to risk it because they often don't have the least stressful setups down pat either, or can't resist handling...(I was "new" once too, LOL)
When I got my spotted python shipped to me, I fed her a couple HOURS after I got her delivered to me, because while the previous owner was unable to get her to eat*, I could see she was hungry & looking for food. She took 3 pinkies before I said "enough" for now. In the wild they are shy & eat lizards first, graduating to small rodents later...so as captive-bred snakes, they often do best on pre-killed or f/t as they are afraid of live pinkies for quite some time. But I couldn't convince her owner of that & when he said he was going to "stick her in the freezer" because he was tired of her refusing food, I decided to buy her...he didn't have anything to lose, so I offered to pre-pay the shipping, and said I would pay him for the snake once I could verify she was fairly healthy (as I believed). It worked out great, this snake is wonderful (& has never turned down food!) & he got his $50 pretty fast. (<well, along with a few snide remarks for nearly killing a nice snake for no reason! I mean this guy supposedly "rescued" snakes!?)
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