I would consider myself an absolute noob when it comes to ball pythons since I've only had one for almost three years. However, since I have no interest in breeding I was always curious about what the best feeding schedule would be for Monty to keep him as healthy as possible. I am in no way saying that the weekly feedings done by others is not healthy. Please do not take this the wrong way. The reason I bring up breeding is because I have read that some breeders power feed their animals to get them up to weight. That being said, Warren Booth, I believe, posted an article on this forum a while back which I based my feeding schedule on. The article includes graphs on how a burm's organs responds to being fed and when they return to its baseline level. It might be worth a look. Again, I am in no way saying that what others do is wrong. I have a hell of a lot of respect for what the breeders and keepers on here do managing all the animals they do and how much time, effort and care that they put in. I am just saying I've adopted a 2+ week feeding schedule. It's been about a year and he's still growing and has had no major issues since using it. I actually find it better for him because there were a good amount of times he would refuse a meal on the weekly schedule. With two weeks in between feedings I rarely have that issue.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19043049