How Often Does Everyone Feed?

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.

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by AkHerps

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.

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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.

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

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. =)

i feed 5-7 days

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Originally Posted by AkHerps

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.

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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.

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

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.

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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