Today is feeding day!!!

**EL Ziggy** · 08-23-13, 07:59 AM

Can't wait!

sharthun · 08-23-13, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Can't wait!

Sweet! I know the feeling!

**EL Ziggy** · 08-23-13, 08:28 AM

Time to feed the beasts! Even if they are just baby beasts : )

robin budd · 08-23-13, 08:47 AM

Glad to hear your happy about feeding day.mine is Saturday Sunday and Monday. And some eat everyday. Tortoise's iggy,box turtles, and uromastix every day. Big snakes sat hots sun balls Mon. Sometimes I think all I do is feed and clean. But what can you do, if you have them you got to care for them.

**EL Ziggy** · 08-23-13, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by robin budd

Glad to hear your happy about feeding day.mine is Saturday Sunday and Monday. And some eat everyday. Tortoise's iggy,box turtles, and uromastix every day. Big snakes sat hots sun balls Mon. Sometimes I think all I do is feed and clean. But what can you do, if you have them you got to care for them.

Sounds like you stay busy with those feedings budd. Is that your feeding regiment for your snakes, once every 7 days? Do you feed rats or mice? F/t or live? I feed mine every 6-7 days. I spot clean my (2) tanks as needed and change all substrate once a month. Thanks for sharing.

sharthun · 08-24-13, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

Time to feed the beasts! Even if they are just baby beasts : )

Well how was 'munchtime'?

exwizard · 08-24-13, 07:59 AM

Love feeding days myself! Yeah, mine's on Sunday; one 5 lb. rabbit and the rest, rats of varying sizes. Hope yours went well!

**EL Ziggy** · 08-24-13, 09:01 AM

Hannibal Caesar and Sasha Fierce both struck hard and ate fast last night. Sasha Fierce has a tendency to take her time and play with her food before getting down to business. The funniest part to me is watching them after they eat. They go into such a frenzy for more. Last night there were no seconds so they slithered away disappointed after waiting about 5-10 minutes in their feeding bins.

drumcrush · 08-24-13, 10:36 AM

Mine has an awesome feeding response when feeding live. Feeding F/t tho, she just looks at it and grabs onto it,not even a strike haha

**EL Ziggy** · 08-24-13, 10:51 AM

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Mine has an awesome feeding response when feeding live. Feeding F/t tho, she just looks at it and grabs onto it,not even a strike haha

Do you mix up your live and f/t feedings drum? MY MBK was fed live at birth by the breeder but transitioned very well to f/t. I have thought about offering them live fuzzys on rare occasions, but I hate to see the prey animals suffer even though I know it's just nature taking it's course. My Cal King has only eaten f/t since birth. Sometimes I think such fierce animals ought to have at least one kill. I'd just hate it if after trying live they refused f/t. If it aint broke I guess I'll leave well enough alone.

drumcrush · 08-25-13, 11:09 AM

Yeah, I go back and forth. My mbk was born feeding on f/t but being as curious as I was, I threw in live because I wanted to see the constriction. I vary it because of 2 main reasons. one is because I know that sometimes, the mouse can hurt my snake by scratching at it. The other reason is because I get my mice 2 hours away from where I live, at my dads house so i have to stock up on frozen, that way i dont have to drive 2 hours every weekend to get just 2 mice. Their is this local pet store that I love up their and I know the owner likes me so i get discounts haha.