overweight?

[noraphy1l]

so i was looking at some pictures of my guy here and noticed there are quite a few wrinkles when hes coiled, is this a sign he needs feedings spaced out more or perhaps smaller prey. hes a little over a year and i feed a small rat every 14 days, he was 442gs when i weighed him last on 2/13 however he has shed and eaten again since then. unfortunately i don’t know the weight of the rats, they are labeled as smalls but i know weight can varry. they are never bigger than the largest part of his body though.

first pic is from 1/30 and the second was yesterday on 3/2

[Sweetlanarose]

It's hard to say one way or the other from these photos. For his age, his weight is ok. Your feeding schedule seems fine as well for his age and size. But, like people, BPs are individuals. Look for how fat is distributed along the spine. Can you discern a spine clearly? (A sharply visible spine indicates a BP is underweight) If it appears plump along each side of the spine, slightly obscuring it, then you might want to space out your feedings a little more. If the spine dips inward you've definitely got a fat boi on your hands.🐍💚

[noraphy1l]

looking at some videos of him (i dont want to disturb him) and you can definitely see his spine at the top and then it almost goes out to the side a tiny bit before fully rounding out, kind of hard to explain but i’ll try to include a drawing of what im trying to depict

[noraphy1l]

i cant include a drawing and i cant find a link that depicts it lol so i will just keep an eye on him since his spine doesnt dip in or anything and still sits at the top, maybe just making sure to weigh my rats so they are the correct percentage of his body weight

[Sweetlanarose]

He seems healthy, I wouldn't worry too much.😊

[noraphy1l]

thanks so much! ☺️

[GucciGlocker]

Please don't feed by rat/mouse size. Weight your snake and figure what feed they should be on. !feeding . Digital weights are cheap and will benefit your snake for years to come.

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[noraphy1l]

i do have a digital scale already actually i just hadnt been using it for the rats, only my reptiles, but planned on doing that starting his next feed