Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
Comparing snakes to horses, dogs and people, is like comparing lollipops to bath tubs. If you wanna take that stance, then i'll counter with: well people have different metabolisms, why can't snakes? Same goes for dogs. Not every GSD/retriever/apbt grows EXACTLY the same. My hypo is almost twice the size of my lesser even tho i got them at the same time. Shes not fat by any means and my lesser isn't skinny by any means. We're talking about only bp's here, other species are different.
You misunderstand.

I'm not saying that all snakes should eat the same I'm saying stick to the proper size for that snake. Sure a larger faster growing snake will need a larger meal than its smaller sibling but it does not require a double meal.

I bring up the horses, dogs, and people because they can all suffer ill effects from over eating. A horse can founder, a dog can bloat. While the ball isn't going to have those issues it could regurg and over time become obese and have liver issues among other things.

I stand by a snake can be overfed.