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  1. 05-22-2013, 04:04 PM #1
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    Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?

    So I rescued this girl on 3/29. She has gained a significant amount of weight since I have had her. She was 1300 g after two weeks of appropriate feedings (lg/med rat every 7 days) and weighs in at 2200 g now.
    Is she gravid? I hope not...
    Would being constipated cause her to lay inverted on the hot spot. She looks just like a gravid girl about to pop.

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    Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?

    Over 1000g in 2 months...? I'd say you may be overfeeding her just a bit lol... Maybe not tho. Idk
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    Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?

    Probably needs to poo. When was her last shed, do you know?
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    Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
    Over 1000g in 2 months...? I'd say you may be overfeeding her just a bit lol... Maybe not tho. Idk
    i wish i could get my girls to grow a thousand grams in 2 months by over feeding. lol
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    I would say large rats are a bit much. Looks like she's just extremely full.

    I feed all of my adults small rats weekly. A medium would be the max appropriate imo. But that's just me personally....
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    Yeah, definitely looks like she may be packing on more weight than is healthy. You should try reeling back the feedings a bit or offer smaller prey.
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    Large rats does definitely seem too large. I feed my 7lb (about 3200g) boa 1 large rat every 14 days and it leaves a nice fat lump. So I couldn't imagine feeding a 1300g ball (even a 2200g ball) that
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    Re: Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?

    My 1400g male can't even work up the courage to nail a med rat, I don't see how you got a large in her lol

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    This is not healthy. Has she pooped or shed at all? It seems as though she is trying to digest all of the rats inside her. Raise the humidity, check her temps, and leave her be until she poops. A large rat once a week is a bit much, slum it down to a small rat per week, after she poops.
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