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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 194142" data-attributes="member: 31253">Thanks for this detailed info. I have been more careful to not over-feed since Allegro got fat!We did used to have a feeding schedule, then we had a different one, and then we threw it out of the window <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> So now most of them are fed randomly. The only ones I feed on the same day every week are those who are really skinny after a moult, slings that are not yet eating live food, or those that are hidden long-term and I can't tell whether they need food or not. However what about when they keep pouncing at you through the plastic? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I assume they are mistaking my movement for food. I have a few who do this and they are already looking a healthy weight - if I gave them much more they'd be overweight.</blockquote>