BP's eat and grow more than we thought?

[Scirlygirl]

Someone is a little over sensitive.
No it wasn't directed at you and if you have seen enough rescues then you would know that BP's can over eat. Not all of them are finicky eaters( I know most of us have one or more snake where this was the issue we had to deal with rather than stubborn feeders).
My snakes are doing quite well at 15% body weight every 5 days until between 400-500 grams, then every 7 days the same 15%. One female attained 1100 grams in one year (granted she is the one that almost never skipped a meal, I'd have to check her feed records but, I believe it was only 2 skipped meals for her over a year). They are proportionally developed and not overweight or underweight.

As I said it CAN be done, but advising new snake keepers with no background in animal physiology to feed every 3 days is a tad irresponsible.
3 days would be more suited to an underweight juvenile as opposed to a healthy juvenile.

Are you calling me irresponsible? I hope you know I am NOT new to keeping snakes or any reptile. I have many many many years under my belt. I AM a breeder. I'm purely saying that whose to say snakes can't eat every 3-5 days. If they are hungry they eat. simple and sweet. I've observed this on my own. I don't tell you how to raise your snakes, please don't tell me how to raise mine. One can't tell a growing baby snake in the wild not to eat often because it might get fat. As I said before, as the snake ages and slows its growth and becomes an adult they don't need/want to eat as often as they did as babies.