rat question

[Bogertophis]

I always wondered the same thing when my royal was a baby, but he self-regulates his eating.
I too was feeding every week until he was 880 grams and a year old (I keep weight and feeding records), and then he stopped eating for over a month. When he resumed eating I tried to feed every week but he would refuse every other rat, so I went to every 2 weeks and he never refuses a meal now.

They let you know, pretty much it's about a year old when you'll have better luck lengthening the time between meals. It's also because the size rodent they're eating
has increased...it takes longer to digest & this is true for any snakes, but ball pythons are in a class by themselves when it comes to making 'rules for their owners'.