This is the most fascinating thread I have read since discovering this forum. I have returned to BP keeping following a lengthy absence and my circumstances are much different.

Previously I had many dozens of BPs plus other snakes and lizards. I bred my own feed animals and fed on schedule with whatever I had that was, from observation, the 'correct' girth. As we were breeding we always had every size available.

Now that I have a much smaller collection and no personally bred feed animals it takes more planning about what to purchase and store..but.. the smaller number of animals has made feeding more tailored to animal need. I no longer have a feeding day. In the evening if the snake is active I make a point of watching it the next evening also. Any snake that appears to be hunting 2 nights in a row is offered a meal. Snakes that do not 'hunt' do not get offered but they do get checked and weighed just in case something is wrong (which it never has been)

My one exception to this has been small snakes which I worried about more since I feel the need to ensure they are getting a good start in life. They get offered regardless but now I have to rethink that also. I purchased a small BP on 12/12/14 and he took 2 rat pinkies the first week and another 2 the second, matching the every 3-5 days schedule. The last 2 weeks he hasn't eaten. On my last offering he struck the offered item hard enough to knock it out of the tub without any attempt to wrap it. I wouldn't worry about an adult not eating for 2 weeks but as he is a baby i checked on him. Well guess what? he knows what he is doing. I weighed him and in the month i had him he has gone from 110 grams to 160 grams, so I am sure he isn't hungry and would prefer not to be bothered.

I think skip has raised some interesting points and i think this has been a good exercise in examining our own behaviour rather than the snakes.