I feed all the hatchling every 5 days till they get to be 600-800 grams then I switch them to every 7 days. Once I start pairing a female I will switch her to every 5 days again. It seems that durning the first year of their life and durning breeding they need the increased food .

Think of it like this in the wild it's in these animals best interest to grow out of being easy "prey" size of other animals as quick as they can. I can lay hands on no less than 5 animals in my collection that I have done this way and they are doing just fine. I have several females that I fed every 5 days till they hit 1000+ grams and have not seen any adverse effects. In fact they recovered quicker from breeding than the others. They are now back to every 7 days..