I get this a lot sometimes, especially working at my LPS.

Had a customer today ask me about feeding his 3 ft RTB four adult mice once a week. The snake's girth is about that of a golf ball. I personally thought that is more than plenty for a snake that size to eat in one sitting every week, and told the guy this.

He says, "Well, if I feed her any less, she gets mean and starts striking."

This isn't the first time I've heard someone tell me this, especially in cases involving a snake eating more than what is ideally suggested in one sitting.

Personally, I think this is bullcrap. First of all, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I don't think snakes can count. Secondly, if the snake is indeed acting more aggressively, I suspect there's another factor involved besides just quantity of prey items during a feeding.

Whats everyone elses' thoughts? Has any of you actually experienced this?