Obesity in snakes

[Reddog]

I just got a dumerils boa. i think he maybe over weight .he is 10 plus years old ,and around four feet long, and strong as a ox lol. The owner found a new home for the snake (me) and one of the reasons was lack of time spent with the snake, do you think if i started handling and or letting the snake slither around it will lose weight with out reducing the pray size or the frequency of feeding would post a pic but i dropped my 2 year old motorola in boiling water the other day and somethings wrong with the sd card.

[rocknhorse76]

How much does he weigh? Remember that Dumeril's are heavy bodied snakes and will be thicker than other boas. My male is just over 6 feet and almost 10 lbs. And trust me, he's not overweight in the least. He eats a jumbo rat every 3 weeks. Here's a pic of him next to a soda can for size reference...

http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k496/rocknhorse76/Snapbucket/9F5AF2AE-orig_zpsd75f5fbb.jpg

[Reddog]

My bad man i just kinda left you hanging.

[rocknhorse76]

No worries man. I saw your other post and replied, so its all good!