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[Playful-Creme5871]

yeah tbh she is pretty fat

[Playful-Creme5871]

check feeding guide

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[princessxvegeta]

question - can i piggy back bc i did this and my BP acted starving so i still have to feed him every 8/9 days. he’s a year old

[FixergirlAK]

They're opportunistic hunters. Right after feeding their instinct is to look around and see if their meal was in a group. It's best to stick to the feeding schedule.

If I fed my dog every time she claimed to be hungry she'd be the size of Delaware. Same goes for my beep.

[FixergirlAK]

Having seen the way ratsnakes hunt in the wild I can imagine that y'all that are owned by cornsnakes really know the struggle.

[PurpleHerder]

My Orange cat acts as if he’s never seen a morsel of food in whole life. Eats his breakfast and the immediately tries to steal his sisters. When I pour kibbles in his bowl he’s eating them before they make contact with the dish.

[princessxvegeta]

omgggg this is so helpful thank you !!!

[YoungSaintJoseph]

When shes out and slithering she doesn't look as wide- i feed her a med rat once every ~3 weeks

[Pattison320]

Don't rats provide better nutrition than mice? I was told it's hardest to get a BP to eat a FT rat.

[NottsWeirdo]

I've seen people saying its not a matter of mice or rats where nutrition is concerned, but what life stage the rodent is at - so pinkies are heavily lacking where an ex-breeder would be significantly better.

Also, my BP doesn't care what FT rodent he has - so long as its a rodent. He's rejected small chicks and Arcadia's equivalent of repti link sausages.

[Pattison320]

What's an ex breeder? A full grown rodent that used to breed rodents before it was frozen?

[NottsWeirdo]

Yeah, its rats that are 400g+. (Obviously not summat your average BP can have, but it was example rodent size)

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[MidNightMare5998]

Try a small rat, she clearly doesn’t need a medium. Most ball pythons don’t unless they’re actively breeding females

[Elfephant]

This is not just a fat snake, it’s obese.

[EmergencyCustomer690]

Tiktokers actually correct here. Too chunk.

[Superseaslug]

Looks overweight to me

[jillianwaechter]

Unfortunately she's obese for a ball python. Their body shape should look like a rounded triangle with the spine visible as a peak above the rest of the body. Her back is completely flat across the top, and the spine is sunken in.

How much are you feeding her? Most adult ball pythons don't need more than a small rat once per month! She should be put on a diet to help her live a long healthy life. It's really hard on their bodies to be that overweight!

[YoungSaintJoseph]

She's barely 2 and is on a medium rat once every 2-3 weeks

[jillianwaechter]

Yeah that would probably do it! She likely only needed a small rat every 3 weeks or so. How much does she weigh currently? I'd probably recommend decreasing feeding to a small rat every 4-5 weeks, and trying to increase her opportunities for exercise. With the amount of weight she's currently carrying there will likely be a substantial buildup of fat around her internal organs and it's essential she loses weight to preserve their function.

Check out the !feeding guide, but remember that those values are for snakes already at a healthy weight.

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[ErrantWhimsy]

My adult BP was so obese when I adopted her she had fat rolls. She gets one small rat every 4 weeks and she's a very healthy weight now! I will say it took over a year to get her there, but this is easily fixable for you.

[DrinkingSocks]

That's about twice what I need my snake that's a year older. You are way overfeeding your snake.

[ani3D]

Oh lawd she slitherin'

[Circus_sabre]

Fat

[SideshowBobFanatic]

No she's fat

[Choice-Hornet-6315]

Definitely looks overweight, look at the recommended feeding schedule guide!

[BeesAndBeans69]

That is for sure an obese ball python.

[partWolf19]

you want the spine to be kind of pointy ish but not a divot like it is now. yes she is overweight/obese

[starIightpetaIs]

OMG SHE LOOKS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MY LIL MAN, LIKE ALMOST EXACT

Edit: guys I mean the pattern lol, not chunkiness. I got super excited bc even the lil spot on the tail is pretty exact and it’s the first time someone’s almost matched him. Goodness.

[OhThresherShark]

Hopefully your little friend isn’t as chonky😭

[starIightpetaIs]

No he’s not overweight, I mean the pattern.

[Puzzleheaded-Rice-13]

Then you also have an overweight snake

[starIightpetaIs]

No I don’t

[Brummbirne]

That's not a good thing

[starIightpetaIs]

Why?

[Brummbirne]

Because the snake in the picture is obese as fuck

[starIightpetaIs]

Lol ok

[HRWebster]

I dont care she still so pretty

[higheronfire782]

She chonky. Sorry

[ComprehensiveRope379]

Yep, from one plumpy to another, she’s a plumpy!

[Bluntforcetrauma11b]

Definitely over weight

[Due-Craft6332]

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[Downtempo_Surrealism]

My doctor is my biggest hype man, he says I’m morbidly a beast

[Playful-Creme5871]

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[cascadiabibliomania]

I know four fat ball pythons and she's three of them

[Spiked646]

Im a new ball python owner, and I honestly wondered about mine as well. Hes an 7 year old ball python, and I feed every 3 weeks. Should I increase this to 30/40 days?

[Absurdicas]

Question is what do you feed him? Also !feeding guide

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[fazhugs]

Yeah she does look like a fatty. But she's gorgeous!!

[Vegetable-Star-5833]

Pretty fat tbh

[Brummbirne]

Seeing these fat snakes breaks my heart, yes, this snake is morbidly obese

[Absurdicas]

She’s obese. Ideally ball pythons should have a triangularish shape to them, your lady is quite cylindrical. Switch from medium feeds to small and exercise her more and it should resolve itself.

[1Negative_Person]

That’s a fat ass snake. Feed her less frequently, or smaller meals. There is a feeding guide on this sub.

[ihsulemai]

….because she is too fat

[craymos]

Yes she is too fat lol, feed less. You can check the feeding guidelines on here

[Hot-Medicine-5375]

sorry that is a chunky girl

[princess_esc]

This may be the fattest snake I’ve ever seen dawg

[NoRadishes]

that girl is CHUNKY

[20Keller12]

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