Ball Pythons by nature do not require a 3-5 day feeding schedule as some people in this business/hobby tend to do especially with babies. By nature they are not supposed to be breeding size in their first year this is something the business has pushed to be able to make more money.

That being said if you are selling to people that are breeders and are looking to get big fat snakes for faster breeding purposes then it would probably be in your best interest to sell big fat snakes as opposed to maintenance fed snakes. But it's not a sign of poor keeping if a seller chooses to feed less frequently as long as the snake is maintaining a good body weight.

Know the difference between a fat snake, a healthy snake and a emaciated snake because there really is no rule as to what they should weigh.
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Tosha
JET Pythons

nihil facimus sed id bene facimus

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• normal or starving??? - geckoejon, Fri Mar 23 05:59:02 2012
• 3rd reason? - Violetdixie, Fri Mar 23 15:29:17 2012
• RE: normal or starving??? - kingofspades, Fri Mar 23 22:27:32 2012
• Also... - kingofspades, Fri Mar 23 22:32:07 2012
• I agree - Violetdixie, Sat Mar 24 01:37:01 2012
• RE: I agree - BAM_Reptiles, Sun Apr 1 13:09:46 2012
• RE: normal or starving??? - KBuckler, Sat Mar 24 18:11:19 2012
• hmm.... - geckoejon, Sun Mar 25 07:39:04 2012
• Never said that? - Violetdixie, Sun Mar 25 17:07:48 2012
• 2 more things......... - Violetdixie, Sun Mar 25 17:51:05 2012
• RE: Never said that? - geckoejon, Sun Mar 25 23:09:48 2012
• RE: Never said that? - geckoejon, Sun Mar 25 23:23:42 2012
• RE: normal or starving??? - JenH, Sun Mar 25 17:03:11 2012
• RE: normal or starving??? - KBuckler, Sun Mar 25 20:45:56 2012
• RE: normal or starving??? - toshamc, Sun Mar 25 17:39:46 2012