My ball python has been putting on weight steadily, and is getting close to 300 grams. She eats extremely well, and in the past has started consistently looking for food about 3 nights after eating. Tonight she was out acting all hungry just 1 day after eating, and even struck across the enclosure at empty space as I lifted the lid to reposition one of her hides. She's been getting a pup rat once per week for awhile now, and to me her body condition looks on the heavy side. I think this because of the thickness of her neck, width of body relative to head, and creases of fat visible when she curls up. However, her spine seems to stand out in the way it's supposed to. Temps/humidity in the enclosure are consistent with the care guide.

What do you think of this snake's body condition? Should I adjust her feeding schedule in some way? She has always pooped rarely, maybe once a month at most. Is the high appetite + infrequent pooping potentially a symptom of worms?

Also, so long as I'm posting this - I put her on paper towels a couple of weeks ago to verify that those black spots aren't mites. They really don't seem to be (and I've tested with a wet paper towel as well), so I assume they're just part of her coloration? Nothing on her belly scales, they just exist on her sides.




(These images are hotlinked from an aws S3 bucket that I own, so don't blacklist it for hotlinking if that's how that works)