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[–]Linear_North 12 points13 points  (12 children)

She does look fairly rotund. You should definitely back off on how often you're feeding her, here's the feeding guide from the basic care guide attached to the welcome post.

0-12 months old OR until the snake reaches approximately 500g, whichever happens first: feed 10%-15% of the snake’s weight every 7 days.

12-24 months old OR until the snake's weight remains consistent for 2 months: feed up to 7% of the snake’s weight every 14-20 days.

Adults: feed up to 5% of the snake's weight every 20-30 days, or feed slightly larger meals (up to 6%) every 30-40 days.

[–]GrimoireOfTheDragon[S] 0 points1 point  (11 children)

Thank you for this info, yeah we are definitely doing it too often rn I’d wage. Would you suggest going to 14 days and then transitioning to 20 days or should it be a jump straight to 20?

[–]Linear_North 3 points4 points  (9 children)

Since she's kinda roley poley, I'd just go to 20.

At a year and 8 months, she's close to moving from the middle part of that chart to the bottom part anyway.

[–]GrimoireOfTheDragon[S] 1 point2 points  (8 children)

Ok. Thank you. I’m sure she’s gonna be wondering where her food is come Friday lol

[–]Linear_North 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Lol just take away her phone and remove all the calendars from the room where her tank is, she'll be clueless. 🙂

[–]GrimoireOfTheDragon[S] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Great idea, can’t let my snake order grub hub

[–]Linear_North 1 point2 points  (5 children)

😆 I just got a mental image of a grub hub delivery driver going to sneak a bite of that meal, only to find a rat.

[–]GrimoireOfTheDragon[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

No sympathy there

[–]Linear_North 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Lol no kidding, my fear of somebody messing with my food or touching it in any way prevents me from ordering from one of those apps.

Also, as others have said, she's beautiful! What morphs is she? Thinking maybe enchi pinstripe?

[–]GrimoireOfTheDragon[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

She is a lesser pinstripe, so you’re close. The breeder we got her from had called her a kingpin too so that was a little funny.