Tips for Feeding your Snake

1. Never Feed your snake in the same cage it lives.

2. Never feed your snake prey you find in the wild (i.e. rats and mice)

3. Always wash your hand after hadling prey and before handling your snake.

4. If feeding live prey be aware of the potential for bites and scratches. Scarring may occur.

5. Feeding pre-killed is the safest way to feed your snake. Buy live prey and “knock it out” prior to feeding.

6. After moving snakes to a new housing facility allow two weeks to acclimate before feeding.

7. Feed young snakes once a week, as your snake ages you may cut back to two or three times monthly.

8. Good Rule of thumb…Prey should be as big as the snake is wide at it’s widest point.

9. Handle your snake as little as possible for the 24 hours after feeding. Handling could cause digestion problems including regurgitation.

10. When feeding large snakes it is a good idea to have a second person on hand in case of emergency.