Feeding ?

[GarterGuy17]

So I was told by Rhea that she hasn't eaten in about 3 weeks that she was cooling down , When would be a good time to feed her ?

[guidofatherof5]

You could start anytime. It may take her a little while to get settled into her new home.

[katach]

You can offer food as soon as you want. She may not eat right away though. They need to get settled in sometimes. If she doesn't eat just keep offering. I offered every other day with my new ones, until they started eating. How old is she?

[GarterGuy17]

About 2 months i think not completely sure she might be a little older.

[GarterGuy17]

WOW ! SHE IS EATING ! As soon as I offered her the pinky ( in half she went for it ) Ill upload the pics in a second !

[EasternGirl]

Awesome...

[chris-uk]

Great. Hungry snake I suppose, it's good when you get them to take their first meal.

[GarterGuy17]

By the way I have a question , when do you know to feed more portions of food ? like how to know when its time to give her more then one pinky .

[chris-uk]

Good question.

The pinky will have left a bulge in her middle, I don't know how to describe it in a quantitive way, but if it leaves a bulge but not a huge lump...
Can someone phrase it better than I seem unable to?

[EasternGirl]

It's tough...I have been trying to get a definitive answer on how much to feed for ages...the bottom line is...there is no correct answer I suppose...depends on the snake. Hermes is 5 months old and about 7 or 8 inches long...he eats half a pinky about every four days. I can see his stomach get a little lump in it...you can see a lump where the food is in the snake's stomach...the snake will look a bit bulgy around the middle. If she is two months old and how big is she? You gave her a whole pinky? I'd say she's good to go for a week...Best thing would be to ask Rhea how much she was eating and how often. My male eastern is about 2 feet long maybe now...but he is very small..his head isn't much bigger than my fingernail. He only eats one pinky a week.