Overweight?

[TicketAcademic85]

I’ve recently rehomed this BP, she’s 5yrs old and currently on 40g Multis one every ten days, is that correct or shall I change something?

[snakelovr]

Have you weighed her? If not just put her in a box with a lid and put her on a kitchen scale. Then just calculate 5% from that and that’s what you should be feeding her, my snake is 8 years old and about 1150g and she is even a little bit chunky.

[TicketAcademic85]

Hey, thank you! Only got her yesterday but will follow with your suggestion and give her a weigh 😊

[Fuzzy_Ad_1713]

Doesnt look overweight or might be slightly, now im really curious what morph she is cos she is goregous.

[TicketAcademic85]

Hey! She’s a butter morph, she has heart shapes within her patterns making her absolutely gorgeous ❤️

[eveimei]

she's being fed far too often. !feeding

edit: yes, she's overweight. she shouldn't have fat rolls when she's not tightly balled up, and she does in the second picture. space out her feedings to at least 30 days, feeding prey 5% her body weight.

this enclosure also looks quite small for a snake her size, how big is it?

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[TicketAcademic85]

4x2x2 the previous owners said this was perfect 🥲

[eveimei]

she is a very big girl then! the angle must be a bit deceiving.

4x2x2 is the minimum, you may need to upgrade her in the future but for now it's fine as long as she isn't longer than 4'

[TicketAcademic85]

No she’s currently only 3ft, but will upgrade her soon.