How Often Does Everyone Feed?

[bad-one]

I used to feed strictly every 7 days, now I go more off of what my animals need:

Less than 500g- still every 7 days unless in shed

My spider girl (750+g yearling) gets fed as I see fit. Sometimes it's two-three weeks in a row and I'll skip a week if she is looking really chunky. She is still growing very rapidly, 60-100g a month.

I used to feed my adult normal male every week, now it's every 2-4 weeks based on how he is looking. He maintains weight very well and gets quite fat if fed every week.

My big normal girl I feed every 7 days, she is a thinner bodied snake in general and seems to require more food.

[seclark]

I feed my 4yr old girl every 2 weeks tried feeding her after a week a couple of times and she wasn't interested. Maybe I could get her to eat every 10 days but she seems happy with every 2 weeks.

[Crazy4Herps]

One sm/med rat every 2-4 weeks, depending on the snake. (Picky eaters get fed more often, as they don't eat as much.) But then again all of my BPs are 3 year + females and in good health.

So every 3 days for a hatchling is okay?? It won't be like power feeding?? Just curious as I'd probably start that for my hatchling.

Depends on who you ask. Feedings every 3 days would be considered power feeding to many people. Whether or not it's appropriate to power feed ball pythons is the topic of many threads here on the forums.

[AkHerps]

I've been going with a 5 day thing, so I think I'm going to stick with it.

[hunter94]

I feed my BP every 5 days cause he is like 3 months old but once he gets older I'll start feeding weekly I don't want an obese BP. =)

[xxxLIGERxxx]

i feed 5-7 days

[ericzerka24]

So every 3 days for a hatchling is okay?? It won't be like power feeding?? Just curious as I'd probably start that for my hatchling.

I don't give hatchlings huge meals. Rat pups or small mice work great for the first few months. I like to do 2-3 smaller meals rather than 1 huge meal. I've been doing it for a few years now and it works great for me.

[FireStorm]

I feed adult females every 7 days, adult males every 10-14 days, and anything under a year old every 5 days.

[flatsix02]

I feed my girl every 4 - 6 days, shes a hair over a year old and is currently at about 550g. I feel like she'd eat every day if I let her... she's a pig! Though she just doesn't put on weight like I'd expect.

[BoaFreak]

I feed my bigger Boas every 14 days and my smaller Boas and balls. ( all well over a year old ) every 10 days.

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