So I had posted a topic on how big ball pythons get their first year and a couple of you mentioned yours getting 1000-1900 grams their first year. So this brings me to another thought:

As my response in my previous post, my black pastel eats 3-5 days and weighs 220 grams at 3 months old. He is eating every 3-5 days on large to extra large mice. Now, from observation, he probably could eat everyday to every other day just because thats how aggressively hungry he is. Best eater I ever had. Here's the thing, since no one knows really how much snakes eat in the wild, let alone BP's, how do we know we are feeding our snakes enough? wouldn't it make sense they need to grow fast in order to survive in the wild? Maybe reaching 1000+ grams is actually normal for their first year? I know BP's eat as much as they want so if mine accepts mice every 3 days, maybe thats actually not "unhealthy"? Now, when it comes to power feeding (forcing another rat/mouse in its mouth) does not count as this is NOT the way of nature and is horribly dangerous (I don't agree with it). But feeding them as often as they want is not to be mistaken with power feeding because they snake knows how much they need in order to grow. Just some thoughts, let me now what you guys think!