Ball Python Girth - Should I Be Worried?

[Caali]

Hi,

it's actually an easy question. I have a 2.5 year old ball python.
He is a male and about 42 inches long. His head is rather small (about 1 inch long and 0,6 inches wide).
Now recently when I saw him laying stretched out he appeared a bit skinny to me. You can definitely see his spine but when I took a closer look at him he seemed fine. He only looks skinny from afar, not when you look at him closely. His girth should be around 2,2 or 2,3 inches.
When I got him (the breeder told me he was eating small mice weekly when he was 4 months old; he was around 100g when i received him) he was rather small.
Could he just be a naturally skinnier ball python?

(I also tried to take a photo of him stretched out but he curled up every time I tried to do that, so I eventually gave up. However I will attach two other images (hopefully they are somewhat helpful).)

[octo_owl]

He doesn’t look skinny at all to me. You should be able to see the spine, it just shouldn’t look sharp. They should have a rounded triangle shape.


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[Craiga 01453]

Those pics aren't the best for assessing body structure, but that looks like a healthy body shape to me.

[Bogertophis]

Same here...looks fine to me as well. And he looks a LOT better & healthier than the ones who are overweight too.