A feeding question

I've had my ball for about 7 months now. When I first got him, he was around 18 inches long maybe 90g or less. I feed him large mice every week. Now hes around 402g-480g. He's gotten pretty thick since then (It's pretty cute. :3) But what I'm trying to say is, When do I start feeding him once every 2 weeks? I don't want to do the stupid error of over feeding the poor guy. :(
Thanks :)

I would move to every 10-14 days once the snake hits 1000g or so. 400g is still a growing snake!

All of my adults are still fed every week - I just feed smaller meals weekly and they all eat consistently, except for those in the breeding rotation.

My BP is around 1100grams at the moment. I still feed him weekly, every Saturday. He still eats 4-5 adult mice every time. I don't force him to eat them either, I just ofer them and he swallows them right up.

Big pig if you ask me!

I don't think you can really 'over-feed' a snake if you're simply offering food to it. I'd never force a snake to eat unless it was a life or death situation.

i would not no but what kind of breed is it

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Originally Posted by Karbon

My BP is around 1100grams at the moment. I still feed him weekly, every Saturday. He still eats 4-5 adult mice every time. I don't force him to eat them either, I just ofer them and he swallows them right up.

Big pig if you ask me!

I don't think you can really 'over-feed' a snake if you're simply offering food to it. I'd never force a snake to eat unless it was a life or death situation.

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You should go to rats if he is eating that much! It would be more filling for him and cheaper on you!

I have a pastel ball that I have had since 1st week of september finally got him to eat on Oct 15th I had to place him and a hopper in a brown bag in his cage I have had to do this twice now I left the hopper in the tank for about 3 hrs nothing put in bag took it in about 30mins. Will I have to feed him this way from now on? Or will he grow out of it. The Ball is in a 10 gallong tank with 2 small hides a water bowl and a humid hide temp around 87:rofl:

Personally, I have an almost yearling male bp who's ~400-500 grams and I feed him small rats once every 10-12 days. I would feed him rat pups once a week, but he doesn't take frozen-thawed and the store I get his meals from has small adult mice, then small to large rats.

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Originally Posted by seeya205

You should go to rats if he is eating that much! It would be more filling for him and cheaper on you!

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I've tried but he's being rediculously picky and refuses to eat the rats I offer!

I do wish he'd start eating rats though, it'd be soooo much easier! lol

is it possible to over-feed a BP? i just throw a rat in there and he eats it. i havent seen him refuse yet. even during his shed