So I used to feed my bp on a 7 day schedule and one small rat each time. Lately because I have setup a little breeding colony (still waiting on babies, but thats another story) I have room to make house alot of rats for feeding purposes. I have switch to feeding whenever I see my snakes hungry. One of my girl just hit the 1100g mark few days ago (12 baby) and she is an absolute beast when it comes to feeding. For the last 2 feeding session, she was no content with just one rat. She would gobble down the first rat and immediately be looking for another rat. When I toss the next rat in she would get the rat almost instantly. After two rats she looks absolutely stuffed and at that point would calm down and stop looking for food.

Now I have been getting some grief from another ball python forum I frequent, the people tell me that I should not be feeding my girl so many rats even though she seems hungry. The rats I'm feeding her are approximate 100g each so with 2 rats thats over the recommend prey to snake size ratios. I've been told that feeding her like that will actually make her go off feed because she feels that she is too fat and that she could be off feeding for months if that does happen. I've also been told that stuffing her like that will also cause her to regurgitate her food. I have experience none of the above so far, but I have to admit she does look.......fat lol. I feel like snakes are intelligent enough to refuse food when they cannot take anymore but what do i know i've only been keeping snakes for a few months....

so is it better to stick to a feeding schedule and only feed 1 rat each time or should I stick with what I'm doing right now?