Hey everyone, this is my first post here. I'm looking for advice on feeding my ball python. He's about 6-7 months old. He's approximately 32 inches long and 3.5 - 4 inches around at the widest part (1.25 inch diameter). Unfortunately, i don't have a scale with a high enough capacity to weigh him on. (the one i have goes up to 300 grams - he's just over the limit, lets call it 325 grams).

So lets get to the point - since we got him 6 months ago, he's been eating regularly: Always eating Frozen/Thawed

age 1 month - 3 months: ate 2-3 pinky mice every 5 days
age 4 months - 5 months: went to 2 fuzzy mice every 7 days
age 6 months - present: ate 2 small mice every 7 days

The current mice he's eating (called small mice) are approximately 10.5 grams, and just under 1 inch in diameter.

So a few questions:

Is it better to feed him 1 larger mouse or 2 smaller mice?
Am i feeding him the right size/number/frequency of mice?
How do you know when to step him up to a larger size and lower frequency?

I've heard that you should feed him mice about the same size as the fattest part of his body. My concern is that I think his head might be too small to handle what would be 1 medium mouse or 1 small rat I think.

Sorry for the long post but any advice would be great.

Thanks