Remember that its in the animals interest to grow quickly when its a hatchling, this in turn multiplys its chances of survival in the wild. This is why hatchlings are in most cases great eaters to start off, its instinct, in this both males and females are the same.
Now from what I've seen males really start to slowdown on food intake as females do not, the reason for this is simple the females instinct is to get to a good size so she can produce eggs and reproduce.
Now you might be asking what does this have to do with the OP"s question. I feed my hatchlings every three days til they slow it down. I let them decide when they wanna take a break I don't see anything wrong with that.
I let them decide plain and simple.
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