So, how many and how often would you feed that snake?

As many times as they will eat. Or as soon as the lump is gone.

I don't feed all my snakes the same. Some that will not be big enough to breed this season will get less. And that is because I am more focussed on the females that are big enough to breed. If it is a breeder female I feed them as many times as they want. They need to to ovulate and produce as many clucthes as possible. If you support them this way. They will reward you with more clucthes. Females that are fed sparingly...well,.. they will only lay once per year.

Adults males also don't get fed as much, as they don't need it. It takes a lot less caloric intake to produce sperm than it does eggs.

Feed a female if you want to breed her. After she lays, feed the heck out of her 2 days after laying (females usually need that time to recoup from laying because they are to weak to eat). Then throw the male back in with her right after she eats her fill (as many mice/chicks as she wants).

That's what I learned from the late Lloyd Lemke. Some of my kings triple clutch. I have even gotten clutches from off times of the year because as well. Like in feburary, march. I bond my kings and they stay together year round except right before egg laying. So they dictate when they want to breed. It surprised me when housing communually and not have a foced cooling to have them breed during off times.

Feeding the females is key!
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