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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BossRoss" data-source="post: 34041" data-attributes="member: 2395">Strictly speaking you cant over feed a T as they will reject food if they dont want it. They cant eat themselves to death.Over feeding a T can lead to long fasting periods especially with your specific species.It can put your T in harms way, since the abdomen could be very larger, if the T had to fall for whatever reason it could cause damage.Over feeding can also shorten the life span of your T.As a rule of thumb I feed all slings as often as I can(once a night with one or two feeds) but once the T reaches a juvenile stage I will slow down the feeding to the point where I feed one or two feeds per week.</blockquote>