Thanks for the input! Her nickname is Miss Piggy for a reason. She is acting like she's starving today and begging through the glass, but I'm not fooled. I'll be sure to only feed her every 10 days or so from now on. She's an adult now and as you both pointed out, she has a very sedentary lifestyle compared to her wild cousins. They are still more active than BP's so I was not sure how to regulate her feeding, since she's so easy to feed and not at all picky.
I figured out with my picky BP's that a healthy snake won't allow itself to starve, and I only offer food to them every 3-4 weeks, and one of ours fasted for 5 months one winter. If I offer sooner than every 3 weeks I waste the rat more often than not. I don't bother to jump through all those hoops of using a hair dryer, etc. anymore. If it's hungry, it will eat. If not, try again in a week.
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