I would like to hear from both sides on this topic, if I could...from the breeders, and the buyers. I may not really have a reason to be concerned about this , but I AM. Idk about you guys, but I like all my balls nice and plump. To me, that's an indication they have a strong feeding response. For me, I simply DESPISE maintenance diets. Every baby ball I have ever sold was nice and round when it went home, and I feed babies every 5 days....but me and my husband are only small scale breeders, producing 2-6 clutches a year. I recently added a baby to my collection, and the breeder gave me the snake's feeding card. I keep a composition book as a "feeding logbook" to keep track of all my snakes feeding,breeding, and weight gain records, so as usual I just made a new entry for this snake, and added in its hatch date and all of the feeding dates. I quickly noticed there were many gaps... some 2 weeks, and one in particular where this poor baby was not fed for a whole month!!!! I thought, well maybe it was offered, but didn't eat. But I don't think so...24 hours after it settled into its tub in quarantine I offered it a meal, cuz it looked a little thin...and it snatched it right up! Hatch date is 10/2/2012....only about 125 grams Im sorry but IMO, this is unacceptable. I know big breeders who have 100s, maybe even 1000's of animals cant really pay too much attention to individuals, but isn't there a feeding schedule they keep or something? I know this baby will gain weight and be nice and "bally" in my care, but jeez. Id like to know your opinions, viewpoints and comments on this, and if anybody else feels the same way.