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Does he look fat?

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  • 11-06-2016, 08:15 PM
    Macropodus
    Re: Does he look fat?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gruba View Post
    ... I've seen pictures of other bps his age and several others in person and they don't look quite as thick as him. Snakes are not something that I have experience with and my knowledge is limited, although growing. I just want to make sure I'm not overfeeding him...

    Rather than compare it to BP's which may have been maintenance fed compare it to BP's which are clearly obese. Start with this one, taking note of the concave sides of her position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0rHquL5C2M
  • 11-07-2016, 08:20 AM
    Gruba
    Re: Does he look fat?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Albert Clark View Post
    . He doesn't look fat at all to me. He looks well fed and normal like a ball python should. You should invest in a scale so you can keep track of his weight in the future. Tailoring his feedings are the way to keep his weight on track too.

    I have a scale. I just haven't weighed him yet. He wouldn't come out long enough at first and I didn't want to stress him out. I will be weighing him this week! Thank you!
  • 11-09-2016, 02:53 PM
    Gruba
    Re: Does he look fat?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mangiapane85 View Post
    Looks pretty healthy to me!... how old is he and what does he weigh?


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    He's about 1.5 yrs and he weighed 680g when I weighed him this morning.
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