Is this rat too big for my BP? [pics]

He will be ok now that he is in the right hands. Looks to me like pretty recent scarring. A few sheds after a few good meals and it will barely be noticeable.

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Originally Posted by treeboa

My reply actually was to Neal. I just disagree that the rat you had originally wasn't too big. You're doing fine. :)

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I never said it wasn't too big. It was a good size for the snake, just the only reason it looked a tad bit bigger is because it was bent.

My thing for the 10-15% of the body weight was meant just because a snake weighs a certain amount doesn't mean it can or will eat something 10-15% of it's body weight. You could have something 15% of the bodyweight that is still too big for a snake, it all depends on numerous factors, that's what I meant tree.

Update:
Frank just shed, his first shed with me, and it was very patchy and flaky. It did not come off in one piece (not sure if good or bad), and his little bumps did go away with the shed. But I did notice his under belly is still very dry and flaky( with the scarring I'm assuming ) I just wonderwhat I can do to help him. I notice he's gaining weight and I'm very excited that his backbone is not sticking up anymore but he doesn't really enjoy soaking. The water is warm and I place him in gently and let him cling to my hand but he always moves to crawl out.

What is your humidity in his enclosure?

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His humidity is about 50 percent.
His warm side is 80 his cool side is 75 and a basking temp on his tree of low nineties

When he starts to go into shed up humidity closer to 70. Does he have a hotspot on the ground or just on top of the tree?

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The more I look at him I notice a very small looking cut on his underside. Note that only near the end of his body/tail does his skin get rough, crimp together, and feel flaky. The cut is there and I did notice a tiny amount of blood on his shed. I'm very nervous now. He has no issues being handled and is very calm so I don't think he is in pain right now and there are no sharp things in his tank, except may the shoe box openining.Could he have a paper cut? How would I make that safer? I'm worried again. He's been eating fine and drinking.

Are you sure there's nothing sharp on the tree?

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His hot spot is just the tree. I will post a picture of his setup. I just put a water bottle in there under the heat lamp to up the humidity because his water bowl is too far away to have much impact. http://imgur.com/kRi6OWe
Here's the cut
http://imgur.com/XEl6ZMW
http://imgur.com/QxSDgfp
http://imgur.com/N773kYi
The last two are his skin abnormalities. The last photo is (top) the tail (bottom) his body to his head.

Looks like scarring from a burn to me. As for that cut... do you mean the little tiny red line? It's hard to see what you're talking about, plus the photo isn't in focus so it's a little hard to see what's going on.