How Frequently Do You Feed Your BPs?

[Kaorte]

I feed F/T every 7 days (every 5 when they are under 300 grams).

As for the whole hunt...strike....constrict...eat thing, I try to invoke a strong feeding response by pre-scenting and dancing the mice around the cage as though they were alive. Then when the snake strikes the prey, I wiggle it with tongs to mimic a live mouse squirming and struggling to get away. I find this works very well. They usually "kill" the mice for a good 10 minutes before trying to eat it.

[Turbo Serpent]

I feed live, but if I don't get a strong response I will offer pre-kill. If they don't take the pre-kill within a short amount of time I will then freeze the rat, because 2 of my snakes will eat f/t and live.

[mitchellhillman]

Honestly, i bought the snake in the first place for my enjoyment. I fed it for the first time with a small live mouse. Now he has a cut. I might move to frozen if he doesn't get over it soon.

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

Once a week, though we do not bother feeding anyone that is about to shed.

[paulaura]

We feed hatchlings twice a week, til they are a decent size, then once a week, larger prey items.

[steveo]

When my two royals were babies i used to feed them on average a fluff every 5 days , then went on to a small mouse every 7 days and gradualy increased there size of prey as and when needed.
Now there adults my female is about 1800g and the male just over 1200g i feed them either a large weaner rat or a small adult rat every 14 days, they both strike feed and there appetite is just pure greed lol

[Quickone4u]

My bp was on a 7 day schedule at the pet store but I've bumped him up to a 6 day for now. He's about 2 feet long and ways 156g.

[Freaky_Ferret]

My ball is almost a year old and when I first got him as a hatchling I fed him about once every 5 days. I feed only pre-killed mice to my snakes. Now I feed him 2 adult mice once a week, sometimes he only eats one (rarely). When he's in shed I don't feed him and depending on his shed length and when he ate last, I will up it to 3 mice if he is hungry enough. I use tongs to "dance" the mice like they are alive, but he will eat them even if I don't. When I first got him, feeding him dead was a problem because he was used to only eating live, but he is over it now, though he still "kills" the dead mouse for a good 10-20 minutes.

[Quiet Tempest]

All of mine are fed freshly killed rats on a weekly basis. That's just the way it works out with my rat vendor because he's in town on a weekly basis and I don't like housing rodents. I don't like storing rats in the freezer and then thawing them out, either. I buy live, euthanize, then feed everyone on Wednesdays. I don't like feeding live because I sympathize with the rats and also worry about any injuries they could inflict on my snakes. I prefer to dispatch them, myself, then offer them to the snake. I had worried in the beginning that the snakes would become sedentary if not offered live, but that's definitely not the case. Mine still strike and constrict their f/k feeders as if they were live and have done so for nearly a decade now.

[JohnAvilla]

I voted "every 7 days" but add the caveat that every once in a while I will skip a week with snakes that don't go off feed for extended periods. These snakes evolved to go without feeding from time to time and I believe (based on my experience) that it helps to keep them fit. As an analogy consider that with humans, which evolved to be foragers, it is healthier to eat six small meals than it is to eat three large meals. It boosts our metabolism and keeps us trim.