pretty interesting post connie! All of my snakes are in larger tubs than the average ball owner keeps theirs in. I just moved all my 07's(except my pewter whose still small just over 100g) over to 116qt tubs and their behavior is the same as before... they sleep all day and roam at night. For those snakes in 4x2x1.5 ... they act the same way... sleep all day out and about at night. What I do think people are over looking is them using the space... all of my snakes are out at night roaming their cage whether they were fed the night before or 4 days before. Its not like 1 or 2 are out roaming and the majority are in their hides... unless theyre in shed theyre always out. Just like them utilizing the space... I provide them something to climb on and again they all use it. What I will consider down the road is like you said feeding them larger prey... they have more room to move so theyre moving more often so a larger meal may be key. I disagree that they grow slower and smaller as my 07's are fed 1nce a week and are all growing at about 100g a month. If anything I see more exercise + larger prey = bigger snake but I could be wrong...

Rich - I see what your saying... Ill only have like 6-7 breeding females in 09 (ill have 2-3 this november) so it will be hard to get a concrete answer that would be respected by the whole ball community. What I do hope happens is I get some of the results I'm aiming for. If I get a couple females to pop out some rather large clutches I may be on to something... then again they could just be big healthy females poppin out eggs like any other breeder.