I agree. I don't personally think that a Ball Python would be able to remember what day it eats each week.

I think they remember some sort of schedule... i.e. - prescenting the room, opening the tub, a mouse/rat hanging from the tongs, etc. That kind of stuff yeah, i'm sure they remember. But not a specific day in the week. I mean i'm sure if you fed every week on Tuesday and then randomly fed them on Wednesday.. they would prolly all still eat and everything would be hunky dory.

I do however like your idea's for feeding frozen thawed Connie. Heating a the head more than the body... I've never heard that before. I like the idea of a hair dryer too so that it helps "fluff" them. I'm really considering switching all mine over to frozen thawed shortly, simply because I don't like keeping rats.... it seems to be more of a hassle than anything.

The only problem for me getting my snakes on a routine is that I base my feeding schedule upon them deficating. Adults I usually feed every 7-10 days and yearlings/sub-adults I feed about every 4-7 days. It all just depends on how quickly they process the food. But most of the little ones deficate in about 3-4 days, and my adults can take up to 2 weeks sometimes, but most in about 6-7 days. Then I give them one or two days of rest and relaxation and start again.

Not sure if you guys have seen this yet, and I know that we aren't really supposed to post other websites, but this website has really helped me with my feeding, deficating and shedding schedules. It's www.iherp.com it's free and the database for your "schedule" is really cool... makes things alot easier for those of us who spend alot of time on the computer.