fat corn

[bighillreptiles]

just picked up a female corn need to go on a diet badly four large mice a week for over a year
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/paulvanhooser/tofat.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/paulvanhooser/bellyshot.jpg
sorry for the bad shots she is in opeg at this time thanks for looking

[Simon]

wow....4 adult mice a week?
Man that is definitely over weight
bring her out and excerise her more.
Feed her 1 mice ever 2 weeks.

With a bit more excercise she'll be in better shape. Plus breed her...breeding also takes quite a lot out of the females~~

Good luck in 'downsizing' her~~

[bighillreptiles]

Ya Simon I think i could hibernate her two seasons with the whigh she has on her lol i will breed her next spring for shure nice coulor under all of that flab she is in opeg and still freandly 4.5' and 4 years old should get a deasont cluch out of her ? dont know what type she is looks maimy to me but to large who knows Thanks paul will post pix after she ssheds

[Simon]

Just remember to give her a lot of excercise as she is so fat right now that breeding her could highly result in egg binding and this could definitely lead to death.

Just make sure that you excercise her good enough so she will have the muscle power to push the eggs out alright?

[bighillreptiles]

not a prob! she is going into a 4x2x2 the same as i youse for my boas and cutting back on food as we speek neaver seen a corn so fat in my life it is a wonder she has lived this long ? deffently not healthy being this over whate

[Vanan]

A couple of things to try to "exercise" her. Swimming (in the bathtub) gives them a workout. Seems to increase their heart rates tremendously. Also, branches in her enclosure will help strengthen her. A good test to check for body tone which I usually use for breeder females (I think Roy does too) is to hold her by the cloaca and let her dangle down. if she can't come back up on herself, she's not "toned" enough. I've seen some snakes with fatty lumps pass the test but most don't.

[bighillreptiles]

thanks never herd that befor will try in the spring if i tryed that now i think i would rip her tail off with all of the extra whate she has on her ,thanks again paul