Quote Originally Posted by BostonMacK
Adam,

That is great to know. I just remember about a month ago feeding my boy a single 40g rat and he was out roaming his cage two days before his feeding day which freaked me out causing to post a thread here. Looking back he did act as if he was hungry and the behavior stopped after I fed him his usual 80g rat. If a single 45g rat is a healthy diet for my boy I am all for it. I'll see how he does with that for a while.
Ball pythons will fill up on as much food as they can while available and then take long periods off from eating all together. For a male on a weekly feeding schedule, one "small small" rat is plenty. They don't get "hungry" the same way we as humans do.

Given his age and current weight/feeding schedule, I'd bet that you're in for a nice long fast starting near the middle of October.

Hope this helps.

-adam