This is a difficult subject, since metabolic rates vary between individual animals-sometimes greatly. For example, I have two '07 holdback females-a pastel and a pewter-that have been fed on the same schedule (every 4-5 days). These snakes hatched within a month of each other, yet the pastel weighs 1100 gms right now, while the pewter is at 674!

I would venture to say that any young ball that was showing signs of obesity, or was having trouble with elimination, is probably being overfed. But an animal showing steady growth in length and weight, (without looking like a little blood python on steroids!) is probably doing fine.

Sorry to be unable to be more precise, but like so many aspects of this hobby, everything depends on watching your animals closely and being aware of how things are going.