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Moving, to feed or not to feed...

LawDog1

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Hello all,
I think I know the answer to this one, but then I second guess myself. My wife and I closed on our house today (yea!!) and will start moving this weekend. Because of some craziness around here we did not make it to the pet store to pick up food and feed our bunch today. We are moving across town starting tomorrow and will probably move the viv as part of the first trip.
Even though they will be going right back into their same apartment in our viv should we skip this weeks feeding? I hear the stress from the move could be too much, but don't know.
My different thoughts are this:
Try feeding, if they dont eat very quickly take the food away and wait until next week,
Or just wait until next feeding because the stress of the move is bad enough on them.

Generally I err on the side of caution and since our wee snakies can't tell me they are freaking out, I may just wait anyways, but I would like some opinions.
Thanks,
Jimmy
 
Probably wait to be safe. You could go for the "in-between", though, and feed three or four days after the move, instead of waiting for the next scheduled feed.
 
I'd just wait. Feeding them would be much more risky than skipping this week.
 
Thanks for the fast replies. That is pretty much what I figured too. I will wait until next week. I did consider feeding after 3 or 4 days, but then remembered you should wait a week after putting them in a new environment before feeding them. Thankfully, all of our snakes are doing well and skipping a week is not going to do them any harm.
End result = risk does not outweigh the risk. I'll wait.
Thanks,
Jimmy
 
Ooops!! Duh,

That last line should be:
The risk is greater than the possible gain!
:dunce: Guess my mind should be on what I'm typing...
Jimmy
 
I would wait. It wont hurt them to miss a feed and its not worth the risk of a possible regurge.
 
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