Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 679

2 members and 677 guests
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,102
Posts: 2,572,087
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Pattyhud
  • 05-22-2013, 04:04 PM
    AJs Snake House
    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.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/23/saruzapu.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/23/uvada3u7.jpg

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2
  • 05-22-2013, 04:06 PM
    Mike41793
    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
  • 05-22-2013, 04:10 PM
    Annarose15
    Rescue laying belly up and looking really bloated?
    Probably needs to poo. When was her last shed, do you know?
  • 05-22-2013, 04:10 PM
    TheSnakeGeek
    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
  • 05-22-2013, 04:13 PM
    satomi325
    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....
  • 05-22-2013, 04:15 PM
    MisterKyte
    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.
  • 05-22-2013, 04:33 PM
    charlene.payne
    Is she still eating currently?
  • 05-22-2013, 04:34 PM
    SnowShredder
    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
  • 05-22-2013, 04:53 PM
    Kodieh
    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

    Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy SIII using Tapatalk 2
  • 05-22-2013, 05:05 PM
    Coopers Constrictors
    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.
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1