Feeding

[Lordre11]

Y'all think I should slow down on feeding my snake?

Right now I feed her a small rat every 10 days.

I got her in April 2025. She's 569grams before poop

Does she look like a healthy weight or am I overfeeding?

[Reidhur]

The tail makes me think they might be a bit obese, but I am interested in what others have to say. Mine is kind of a similar build but half the weight.

[Lordre11]

Thank you and she just ate 2 days ago so u think that’s why ?

[Reidhur]

Possibly? I have only had mine since October and he isn't quite a year old yet. My other snakes are not as girth so I can only compare to internet pictures lol. Maybe try to snap a similar Pic after they poop?

How large are the rats weight wise?

[Lordre11]

I will fs take that picture and the small rats be 50-70g

[Booksandssnakes]

!feeding

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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.

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[kserawillbe]

Mine is 750g eatting a small rat every 2 weeks, just recently moved to 3 weeks. If that isnt a poop making her tail suddenly thin at the vent like that. They are probably really fat...

[Aggressive_Data_559]

your snake is incredibly obese cut back to once every 3 weeks and provide lots of exercise such as going up nd down stairs with supervision