Quote Originally Posted by Crazy4Herps View Post
In husbandry-related debates such as this, it is useful to consider the animal's habits in the wild. And I assure you, no snake would find food every 2 days in the wild; they are equipped to go over 12mo without food, in case they are forced to.

Overfeeding is unnatural. Their bodies are not meant to handle such great food intakes. Personally, I believe adults should be fed no more than every 7-10 days.
I agree with this statement 110%. It's not natural for them to eat so much. And you know, most of my BP's are 08s that I bought & started right out of the egg myself. I fed, and still feed them one good sized rodent every 5 days. I took two to a show a few months ago to resell, and I kept getting questioned as to how old they really are, and why were they so huge?! I tell them i swear, I do not beleive in power feeding and will not do it! But apparently, my babies looked borderline powerfed. The ones that consistently feed for me grew FAST. I'm not really sure why they grew so quick, I did not overfeed....Two of them are as large, possibly larger than my 07 YB (not raised by me). You don't have to overfeed them in order for them to grow at a very decent rate. you just need good husbandry techniques, and you have to be good at feeding techniques, especially when switching them over to F/t. I would say 7 out of 10 of my BP's will now eat a f/t rodent that is completely room temperature, not warm, or moving for that matter, at all. Just stick it on the tip of their nose and it's done! My female pastel and one of my males do not even constrict any more! They just open their mouths and start chowing!