Maybe I'll better explain why I in fact feed that way and why the snake looks the way it does lol. I feed very big every 7-14 days...normally closer to 14 but I feel the snakes tend to grow better this way...NOT power-feeding or unhealthy amounts of food. I only feed F/T as well this way as bigger rats on smaller snakes wouldn't be very safe either. The way I feel it works, because they are fed a big item less often they tend to use more of the food to their body instead of many food items a week as a lot of people do with lots of feces to follow. It also stretches their stomachs to allow more food when they are fed...I know stomachs shrink back a little but they aren't given an unhealthy sized food item...just a big food item. I keep my temps on the high end and don't have any reguritation because of the size of the meal fed. Most of my balls eat like boas and I don't really understand it sometimes! They don't lose much mobility as they still move around just as normal the next day after a meal looking the way they do in the picture. I personally wouldn't recommend just starting to feed your snakes huge items as I've been feeding this way for about 5 years and keeping snakes for many more than that and know my snakes and what they can handle (even as babies). If its too big or they can't eat it...they won't.