Am I "power feeding" my BP?

[avriette]

There's a lot of talk in the Boa constrictor community about power feeding boas. I first noticed it on the iKipedia. Basically, it said, the animal will power feed, at the cost of a shorter life.

My BP is 21 weeks old and has eaten six pinkies and a small mouse (under my care; he was at the pet store for four weeks where he got one pinkie a week which i haven't included). The mouse is digested, and he's due to be fed in about a week.

I feed him because he displays hunger behaviour not because I'm trying to build the anaconda morph.

He's very active for a ball python, with one side of the tank in the higher 90's and the other side in the lower 80's (it's been hard to keep it cooler because of the 100F heat here in DC). So he's always cruising around, crawling on his toys. He has a very large bowl of water that he goes swimming in, I think partly to cool off a little.

Anyone have feedback on his food intake?

edit: he's grown huge. he's 19" long and well thicker around now than a US quarter.