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[Colin]

very hard to say what is overfeeding as it depends on the age and size of your snake and the size of the food item that your feeding.


Snakes are opportunistic feeders in the wild and can gorge themselves when food is available and then go for long periods without feeding. What I tend to do is feed enough so that the snake sheds approximately every 6 -8 weeks, so if its shedding quicker than that, slow down the frequency and/or size of the food item or if its taking a fair bit longer than 6-8 weeks to shed, increase the frequency (slightly) and/or the size of the food items. After a while you seem to just 'get the hang of it' and feed individual snakes accordingly, rather than feeding all on a set day and with same size food item.


But you should keep an eye on obesity and maybe miss out on a feed here or there to keep them growing well but trim. Breeding females need to be a good size but not overweight and breeding males (imo) always do a bit better if slim and trim (but not underweight)


Its a difficult subject and (imo) each snake should be assessed individually for their requirements as some seem to grow quicker than others, even when from the same parents and same clutch.