Changes

==Frequency of feeding==

==Frequency of feeding==

[[Image:Snake_eating_mouse_ed.jpg|200px|thumb|right|©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved]]

[[Image:Snake_eating_mouse_ed.jpg|250px|thumb|right|©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved]]

*Young, growing snakes may require food every 2 to 3 days

*Young, growing snakes may require food every 2 to 3 days

*Active snakes such as garter snakes require several feeds per week

*Active snakes such as garter snakes require several feeds per week

*Snakes may not feed during ecdysis

*Snakes may not feed during ecdysis

*Some snakes do not feed during the breeding season

*Some snakes do not feed during the breeding season

 

'''Royal python'''

'''Royal python'''

*Environmental cues can be important for feeding.  A royal python is far more likely to eat a rodent that is similar in colour to agouti coloured free-living rodents.  In captivity these snakes are often offered albino or fancy coloured mice rather than appropriately coloured prey and therefore do not receive the visual cues to eat.

*Environmental cues can be important for feeding.  A royal python is far more likely to eat a rodent that is similar in colour to agouti coloured free-living rodents.  In captivity these snakes are often offered albino or fancy coloured mice rather than appropriately coloured prey and therefore do not receive the visual cues to eat.