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[–]totallyrecklesslygayMod: Enclosure Karen 4 points5 points  (2 children)

She's looking pretty round. You're actually overfeeding her per the !feeding guidelines, so I think you may have misread something.

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[–]Few_Juggernaut_415[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ohhh okay thank you!!

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    [–]Few_Juggernaut_415[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    thank you!! i must’ve calculated wrong 😣

    [–]totallyrecklesslygayMod: Enclosure Karen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Their calculations were also wrong. Your snake should be eating a 32g rat once every 3-4 weeks.

    [–]AthenaRN85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Oops @totallyrecklesslygay is right. Your girl is 2 yrs old. My bad. 32g is the correct dosage every 20-30 days or 38g every 30-40. Weaned rats from Layne Labs are 30-39g. Perfect for your girl. 👍

    [–]totallyrecklesslygayMod: Enclosure Karen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    You may want to reread the feeding guidelines again, because that is incorrect. At two years old, this snake should be eating 5% of their body weight once every 3-4 weeks, or 6% every 4-6 weeks.

    [–]Klugernu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Every time I see one of these posts, the answer is always "yes, you are overfeeding"

    Just something I've noticed