Power feeding?

[Ginevive]

I feed all my snakes every 7 days, hatchlings to adults. they all get two adult mice or if available appropriate sized rat pups. Would this be considered underfeeding, esp. for the hatchling? is this bad for the hatchling? to me he is steadily gaining weight, pees and poos and sheds regularly. I know this thread is about power feeding, but I have to be difficult

This is the stats on the hatchling:
lemon pastel male
born: june 08
I acquired him July 9, 08
weight when I got him was 74g
feed two adult mice weekly
current weight on empty: 427g.

I don't see it as underfeeding, per se. If your snakes are healthy looking, rounded, not skinny, and growing nicely.. and also not obese and sausagelike, then you're doing it right. I sometimes feed my youngsters every 5 days as opposed to 7. I also feed different snakes at different rates, though. This is because, I don't generally feed them when they're in shed. So, if I am feeding everyone on Tuesday, but two are in shed that day, I pass on them until after they have shed. It takes some note-taking of course, but we all do that anyway

I actually feed mine in different "formats" as well. For example, I have one adult male that I do not use for breeding. I basically feed him a "maintenance" diet, of one near-adult rat every 10 days. He stays sleek and happy, and since he does not udnergo the physical activity of breeding, he does not get overly fa either.. stays nice and sleek but Not thin and baggy. Now, my breeder girls, I feed a smiilar rat to them every 7 days in the time preceding breeding time.. to stock them up, but not so much that they get too huge.. it is kinda like, reading each snake to see what it needs.

For the '08 females that I plan on breeding once they're big enough, I do feed them more often than the same-aged males. I feed the males roughly every 7 days on adult mice, and the girls, every five days. I do have one '08 male that I want to breed, who gets fed every 5 days as well. I don't feed anyone closer together than 5 days.

IMO, two adult mice for a nice-sized '08 is just fine. Sounds like an impressive growth rate, in fact.I have one that is similarly sized (a holdback from my first '08 clutch) but I only feed him one rat hopper at a time, and he is kind of fat. If your snake is not overly obese, then you method sounds good.