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I was wondering how many of you guys feed your snakes on a regular schedule. I have an excel spreadsheet to keep track of when my snakes eat and I noticed that sometimes the suggested 7-10 days aren't always accurate. My friend who has a BCI said to just watch them and feed them when they start roaming/searching their cage for food. How many of you guys do that instead? Not that I'm complaining about feeding them. I actually like the fact that they're growing. I just get so frustrated when they won't eat.
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1.0 Graziani Pastel Ball Python (Baldwin)
0.1 Spider Ball Python
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Snow Kenyan Sand Boa (Gaara)
1.0 Blue Garter Snake (Blue)
0.1 Sumatran Blood Python (Medusa)

My STPs are ALWAYS looking for more food, and never miss an offered meal. Maybe I'm just lucky, but it makes feeding really easy. I just feed everybody on the same day. Roughly every 7 days when they were younger, but recently I've slowed down to about every 10-14 days so they don't get too fat.
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-chris-

I want to slow down too, but they're still less than a year old and was advised to feed on a regular schedule. They are getting wider more so than longer. I think I might be overfeeding them by giving them the inappropriate sized meal.
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1.0 Graziani Pastel Ball Python (Baldwin)
0.1 Spider Ball Python
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Snow Kenyan Sand Boa (Gaara)
1.0 Blue Garter Snake (Blue)
0.1 Sumatran Blood Python (Medusa)

If you think they are getting overweight, you could either switch to a smaller prey item on a 7 day schedule, or stick with what you're feeding now and slow down to a longer time between feedings. Bloods are heavy bodied snakes, but they shouldn't be obese. So I would monitor their appearance and adjust feeding habits to keep them at a healthy weight.
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-chris-

Check out this thread for a good visual of what a healthy weight would look like.
LINK

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-chris-

Oh thanks for that link. The chart was very helpful. I think she's in the ideal category. The tail just looks weird to me cause it's fat then becomes extremely thin and short at the end. My ball python doesn't have that appearance and I know he's considered to be a short-tailed python as well according to my python book.
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1.0 Graziani Pastel Ball Python (Baldwin)
0.1 Spider Ball Python
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Snow Kenyan Sand Boa (Gaara)
1.0 Blue Garter Snake (Blue)
0.1 Sumatran Blood Python (Medusa)