I usually feed my ball pythons a meal the size of their largest girth once a week and my bps are all really happy and healthy. I decided to go that way because i don't have them just to breed (they are all too small still, but eventually) but to handle as well. On this schedule it gives them time to digest and for me to handle. Well i was on the phone with a well know breeder (20 years + experience) the other day and he had a 6 month old male at 600 grams! He said he feeds mice at the appropiate size almost every day! And it really opened my mind to how much i should be feeding them if i wan't healthy female ready to breed in a few years. What are you feeding, mice or rats, and how many times a week, how are youre guys growing?