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Feeding question
- Thread starter Asher9
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Karl_Mcknight
Common Sense Holder
LOL
I'd like to slap the person that told you that.
It takes about 48 hours +/- for a corn snake to properly digest. It doesn't make any difference if this process starts at 9:00am or 9:00pm. "Unless" - you are not heating your cage correctly and are relying on afternoon room heat to build up. At which case it's just going to cool down again anyway before your snake does digest.
So in short - if you have proper cage temps all the time, you can feed anytime.
I'd like to slap the person that told you that.
It takes about 48 hours +/- for a corn snake to properly digest. It doesn't make any difference if this process starts at 9:00am or 9:00pm. "Unless" - you are not heating your cage correctly and are relying on afternoon room heat to build up. At which case it's just going to cool down again anyway before your snake does digest.
So in short - if you have proper cage temps all the time, you can feed anytime.
Karl_Mcknight
Common Sense Holder
my night time temps are the same as day time temps.
I keep one side of the cage heated to 85 degrees all the time, and the other side of the cage stays at 73 degrees all the time. (Minor fluctuations of 1 or 2 degrees is expected and ok depending on the quality of thermostat used).
I keep one side of the cage heated to 85 degrees all the time, and the other side of the cage stays at 73 degrees all the time. (Minor fluctuations of 1 or 2 degrees is expected and ok depending on the quality of thermostat used).
axis1
Fuhgeddaboudit!!!!
Since snakes are more active at night, that's when I try to feed my new hatchlings. My adult corns will eat whenever presented with a mouse or rat.
The person who told you to feed your snake during the day must've gotten his information the same place the guy who told me that corns were communal animals who should be cohabitated! What's worse than what they said is that the so-called "informed" individual I thought I was, actually listened to them without checking out this information first! Since you actually posed the question to a forum such as this puts you (and your snake!) way ahead of the game, in my humble opinion.
Just sayin'.
BTW, Welcome!
it's pretty funny I got my snake six months ago and before I got him I did months of research to make sure a snake would be the right pet for me. I figured once I got him I would have no problems, but I am still messing up on things! I am getting better though, and this forum has been very helpful. I have posted so many questions lol.