Would this be overfeeding?

My ball is currently still a baby. Sitting at about 140 grams so it has a lot of growing left to do. The supply of mice I have right now are a little small about 15 grams each. Would it be ok 2 feed 2 per week? Once every three or four days, or would that be overfeeding?

Definitely not overfeeding.
10% of it's body weight every 4 days would be just fine for a snake that size.

that would be pushing it if you ask me. 10% of 140 grams is 14 grams 15% is 21 grams. if your feeding 2 15 grams mice thats 30 grams. you could feed a 15 gram mouse every 5 days and that would be fine.

So one says fine the other says pushing it. Can we get a consensus? How about feeding one 15 gram mouse every 4 days, that would not harm the snake would it?

If its hungry, feed it :gj:

yeah that would be fine sorry i read it wrong i thought you were saying you were feeding it 2 15 gram mice every 3 days(long day at work).

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

If its hungry, feed it :gj:

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I know it's not a common problem with balls, but I think this one would eat until it burst.

that's fine for him. i have a bee that will eat a mouse everyday if i threw it it in there

Sphinx would eat nonstop if I let her,shes a great eater :),and shes the biggest of my 3 (and they were from the same clutch).Perhaps a future breeder

If she is eating that well you should switch her over to rats !! She will grow a little quicker, and feed every 4 days

that would be fine. one rodent every 3 to 4 days that leaves a slight lump in the belly is fine. as long as you have an 87 to 90 hot spot so the snake can digest the rodent properly.

Sorry to but in but I need to know something can I just feed mice there whole life or would I have to switch to rats what if they only eat mice what would be a good amount to feed thank you

not over feeding. hatchlings can go on 4/5 day schedule np.

My. Bp is 140 g also and I feed him every 7 days sometimes early because I can tell when he wants food when he's moving around his tank before feeding day sometime I feed him early if he is acting a different way but I feed every 7 days

We try to offer all hatchlings 2 times a week and we try to offer all sub adults every 5 days or so.