I do a couple things that cause slightly erratic schedules. One of them is that I hate wasting food and it seems like when you have as many as I have, at least one or two is bound to refuse food for one reason or another, so I thaw less prey than I have animals, and take turns who gets skipped that feeding. It's not the case now because I don't have any young ones at the moment, but when I do, I tend to try and push out the adult feeding day when it lands on the same day as feeding young to make it less of a beast trying to feed them. Sometimes I am just late by a day or two for adults period. The only time I'm pretty strict is when they are young or when I'm offering food to males during pairing season. Usually males will refuse anyway, but I want them to at least get a chance.
It's entirely anecdotal, but I do feel like changing it up a bit does mean they refuse less often. When I've been especially regular for a while offering food, it seems like they just decide they are full and know they will be offered it again in a week or two, so it's no big deal to fast.
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