Thinkin of upping their feed...

Now, I feed my BPs and boa, once a week. But I have an overabundance of rat weanlings, and I really do not like whacking/freezing them, since they'll just sit in my freezer forever. I am considering, feeding my snakes every 5 days. I have read that some people do feed on this schedule; anyone here?
I will not feed my adult male like this; he actually gets one every 2 weeks, and he is still rather overweight looking (his temps and everything are fine, it's not that.) But the 5-day feeding would be for my three growing BPs and my boa; for his part, he is growing like a weed. :)
So, how's that sound?

Why not just give them more per 7 day feeing? Or you could go to more every 10 days.

I tend to avoid giving my ball pythons "more" food unless they are growing babies ... as adults, I'm usually trying to figure out how to give them less.

-adam

The three that I would be feeding more, are still growing. The female is about 2000g, one male is smaller and one is roughly the same size as her.
I could go with 2 hopper rats per feeding maybe...

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

The three that I would be feeding more, are still growing. The female is about 2000g, one male is smaller and one is roughly the same size as her.
I could go with 2 hopper rats per feeding maybe...

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Well, bad news for ya, but 2000 grams is an adult. Ball pythons will grow for their entire lives, but their period of most rapid growth is from 100 - 1200 grams. After that, it's usually slow but steady.

2 hopper rats per feeding would be perfect I think. I have big 3500+ gram girls that were getting the same up until a week or two ago. ;)

-adam

Hm.. I know that this is about breeding.. but can I breed her at this size? She is only about 3.5 feet, give or take. I would love to breed her, but do you think I should wait until next year just to be safe?