Is my snake overweight?

Chaichai · 06-06-19, 11:42 PM

Do these rolls mean my snake is overweight? Never seen this before on any of them, so I don’t know. I just want to make sure.
If so, should I skip feeding her today?

Also sorry for the image quality resizing got messed up.
The last photo (the one where the rolls are gone and more wrinkly) is 10 minutes after she stretched out a little bit.

**EL Ziggy** · 06-13-19, 10:22 AM

She does look a bit chunky. I'd put her on a bit of a diet.

Veronica · 06-13-19, 10:26 AM

Yeah, I'd say she could definitely do with a diet.

**Andy_G** · 06-13-19, 10:35 AM

Yes. It will take more than skipping a feeding together that ball python to an appropriate weight. What's your current feeding regimen and how big/old is the snake?

craigafrechette · 06-13-19, 10:49 AM

Yeah, she's a bit overweight.

What size prey are you feeding and how often?
How much does she weigh?
How old is she?

kazz · 06-13-19, 01:17 PM

Extremely overweighted.

Chaichai · 06-13-19, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

She does look a bit chunky. I'd put her on a bit of a diet.

She actually pooped 2 days later and the rolls disappeared, but I’m still going to keep an eye on the rolls.

Chaichai · 06-13-19, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy_G

Yes. It will take more than skipping a feeding together that ball python to an appropriate weight. What's your current feeding regimen and how big/old is the snake?

What’s very very odd about her is that she will be 2 in September and she only ways about 200 grams (with no food or poop in her) She eats a small rat once a week. Before she was eating 2 rat pups (sometimes 2 rat fuzzys) because she was a little intimidated by the larger ones. She would get scared when the rat was a little to big so I had to feed her 2 smaller ones. She’s okay with the size now. But I don’t understand why she weighs so little but yet she’s got rolls of fat when she has a few hearty meals. I would like to take her to a vet if needed but everything seems to be going fine. She eats good, she poops, she has a 2 hides one on the hot side, one on the cools side. Large enough water bowl. Hot is around 90-93 cools side is around 78-80. Shes In a tub/rack system with heat tape. Maybe she’s just a slow grower but any advice will be helpful!

Veronica · 06-13-19, 06:13 PM

Even without the rolls I would consider her pretty chunky...

Chaichai · 06-13-19, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

Yeah, she's a bit overweight.

What size prey are you feeding and how often?
How much does she weigh?
How old is she?

I responded to someone else I don’t know how to reply to two posts at once but here is what I said :

What’s very very odd about her is that she will be 2 in September and she only ways about 200 grams (with no food or poop in her) She eats a small rat once a week. Before she was eating 2 rat pups (sometimes 2 rat fuzzys) because she was a little intimidated by the larger ones. She would get scared when the rat was a little to big so I had to feed her 2 smaller ones. She’s okay with the size now. But I don’t understand why she weighs so little but yet she’s got rolls of fat when she has a few hearty meals. I would like to take her to a vet if needed but everything seems to be going fine. She eats good, she poops, she has a 2 hides one on the hot side, one on the cools side. Large enough water bowl. Hot is around 90-93 cools side is around 78-80. Shes In a tub/rack system with heat tape. Maybe she’s just a slow grower but any advice will be helpful!

Hadesthesandboa · 06-14-19, 05:48 AM

I have a question regarding my new Kenyan sand boa his name is "hades" . So my 10g tank has a heating pad hooked up to a thermostat set on 92fh which I think is perfect for the hotspot underneath but the air temp of the tank drops to about 71fh at night should I be concerned ,if so any pointers that you could give me to help would be greatly appreciated!

**Aaron_S** · 06-21-19, 10:47 AM

How often are you feeding the snake?

craigafrechette · 06-21-19, 01:18 PM

At 200 grams small rats are way too big.

You want the prey item to be 10-15% of the snakes body weight. You're over feeding and that's what's causing the fat to build up.

Chaichai · 06-22-19, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

At 200 grams small rats are way too big.

You want the prey item to be 10-15% of the snakes body weight. You're over feeding and that's what's causing the fat to build up.

Ah that makes sense.when i took that photo of her It had been 2 weeks she’s on small rats.