Another massive weight gain question.

[jesst]

We got a proven breeder recently and weighed her on 11/15 which she weighed 2025g. She has been aggressively feeding, I mean constantly hungry, on 2 just weaned rats weekly.
I just weighed her today and she weighs 2580g! Per the breeder I got her from he did bot pair her last year but did the year before. She has paired with my calico once.....is 500g in a month normal? She doesn't look fat, just really huge

[nucklehead97]

Maybe bump up the prey item to a small or medium size rat. At 2000g I think she needs bigger prey because my dads corn snake has a rat pup once a week and slams it and hes no where near 2000g.

[jesst]

Any ideas? Just looking to see if this is normal? She looks massive.

[jesst]

This is her when we got her

And this is her now

[aalomon]

She actually is looking like shes on the chunky side. See those large winkles where she bends (compared with the older picture of her), she has a definite increase in her fat deposits.

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

It is not untypical. Females going into breeding mode will consume pretty much anything. She will lose 200-300g by her next shed when she has a doberman sized poop. Pretty much I have found weight retention of 50-60% of their meals is about average.

[jesst]

I forgot to add, she is in shed. She does look chunky......but a she wants to do is eat and will strike at me if she is hungry.

[chrisv]

is this weight gain before or after defecation? She will lose a lot of that weight. Have you tracked her defecations? has she defecated at all in the last month? I suspect she's eaten 100g of food for 5 weeks and not defecated in that time.

[jesst]

She has not had a large poop in about 3 weeks. She has gained all of the weight in the past month. She eats probably 100 g a week. She is ravenous and will eat everything I give her