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I have a 3 1/2 ft long Cali King. He recently started biting me, and I was recommended to feed him more. So I went from feeding him 1 adult mice a week, to 2 adult mice a week, and now 3 adult mice a week. 3 Adult mice a week seem to have gotten him to stop biting me, but I don't want to over feed him. He still eats all 3 mice very easily each week. And excretes them fine over the following week. Is this ok to continue doing, or do I need to spread out his feedings?

Cal Kings like to put their mouths on everything whether it moves or not or if they are hungry or not. They will also eat till they pop. Your snake looks good but I would think that 3 mice a week is too much.

Your Cal King looks a lot like mine. He's a little over 3 feet and about 330g. I feed 10-15% of the snakes weight every 5-7 days. That's about 35-50g per feeding. The medium mice or rat fuzzys I use average 17g each. Thats 2-3 prey items. It sounds like a lot but I don't think it's overfeeding, especially if you occasionally vary your meal size and feeding frequency. I'm finishing off some smaller feeders and ordering some rat weanlings and small rats in a week or two. This will allow me to feed one larger prey item instead of 2-3 smaller items. Kings are big eaters and you don't want to overfeed them, or any snake for that matter, but as long as he's not getting too chunky and pooping/shedding without issues I wouldn't worry too much. Best wishes with your king.