Now that he's eating again...

Now that Goblin's eating again, he is looking rather plump. Or obese, if you will. He ate a really large rat last week, and I think it shows in his fatness. I think I may actually have to reduce his feeding frequency now. This is surprising, considering the fact that the last time he ate was Valentine's day!

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...328/gobboy.JPG

I don't think he looks obese. I've seen fatter bp's!

Which brings up the question...How do you know when your bp is TOO fat? :?

He's a good lookin' fella, Jen. He doesn't look like a stuffed sausage like fat bp's do. ;)

looks alright to me. my young bp is growing so fast lengthwise that its girth never really has a chance to keep up

btw, how old is Goblin?

Hey Jen no worries your BP is lookin' really sweet and heathly to me. I'd say that a 55lbs or so BP would be a heathly one anything 65+ would be considered obese(IMO). Anyone else think the same???

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Originally Posted by Soul_Of_Fire

Hey Jen no worries your BP is lookin' really sweet and heathly to me. I'd say that a 55lbs or so BP would be a heathly one anything 65+ would be considered obese(IMO). Anyone else think the same???

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55 lbs?? That's more than 10 lbs per foot of snake for a full-grown bp! I'd think they'd explode well before they got to that point. :shock:

Right sorry I was thinkin' of my BCI for a moment there LMFAO that would be a my bad I mean like 30-35 lbs or so would be the norm for a BP. Sorry all.

Well, I could be off in my math, but I'm thinking a particularly long and fat female ball python could hit 8 or maybe even 9 lbs. Depending on who you ask, females are breedable at 800 grams, 1100 grams, or 1500 grams, which ranges from 1.76 to 3.3 lbs. Obviously those will be the low end of sexual maturity, but I'm having difficulty imagining their reaching 10 times that size. Anyone else want to jump in with an assessment here?

If a big ball python is 3000 grams, and there are 456 grams in a pound, that'd be about 6.5 pounds. I've seen a freakishly huge bp that was 12 pounds on KS.