Too Fat?

[Rapture]

I fed my Borneo today, and it crossed my mind to ask anyone that would know, does mine look too fat? I read that they are prone to obesity due to their feeding response, and I want to make sure that I don't let her get unhealthy. I also saw some adult Borneos at the Houston show that appeared to be bigger than mine, but not as filled out.

Here are the photos of her that I took today:





And a headshot just for fun:



This is what she looked like when I first brought her home (she was not as long and her spine was more pronounced):



Thanks!

[snakey68]

looks fine to me , as long as you just feed them an appropriate sized prey 7 to 10 days it should be fine, a common mistake with these is over feeding.

I feed my adult blood every 10 to 14 days a large jumbo rat and he does fine but I am sure he would eat 2 of them given the chance every week lol

so in short no your Borneo is not too fat. What feeding schedule do you have and what size is she taking ?

Nice snake btw

[jessie_k_pythons]

how much would a baby cost? after doing that sculpture of a BSTP I might want one some day. Beautiful snake !

[Rapture]

looks fine to me , as long as you just feed them an appropriate sized prey 7 to 10 days it should be fine, a common mistake with these is over feeding.


I feed my adult blood every 10 to 14 days a large jumbo rat and he does fine but I am sure he would eat 2 of them given the chance every week lol

so in short no your Borneo is not too fat. What feeding schedule do you have and what size is she taking ?

Nice snake btw

I feed her just about every 7 days. Usually I feed her a large rat, sometimes a jumbo, and less often a medium. Every once in a while skip a week. I skipped last week and yesterday fed her two mediums.

Also, do you happen to know the adult size for females? If not, I will go look it up. For now I just thought I would ask.

Thanks for the help

[Rapture]

how much would a baby cost? after doing that sculpture of a BSTP I might want one some day. Beautiful snake !

I got her for a great deal. She was 3+ feet and I paid $150. I think captive bred hatchlings are a couple hundred, but I have not really been shopping for one, so I am not sure. Maybe you could check kingsnake.com's classifieds to do some price shopping on them.

[snakey68]

sounds fine what your doing, as adults you can afford to stretch it out to 10 days or so IMO.

Regarding teh size it varies but typically females will average around the 4ft or just over region, but they have been known to attain 6ft.

here is a link from VPI Borneo care

I feed her just about every 7 days. Usually I feed her a large rat, sometimes a jumbo, and less often a medium. Every once in a while skip a week. I skipped last week and yesterday fed her two mediums.

Also, do you happen to know the adult size for females? If not, I will go look it up. For now I just thought I would ask.

Thanks for the help

[Kilo]

how much would a baby cost? after doing that sculpture of a BSTP I might want one some day. Beautiful snake !

I got my baby girl (blood python) at the Daytona show from Strictly Reptiles for $40 dollars.

Rapture... nice blood!

[Sapphire7]

Thanks!

Beautiful headshot. I love the look in her eye. WHAT A BEAUTY!!!

[Rapture]

I got my baby girl (blood python) at the Daytona show from Strictly Reptiles for $40 dollars.

Rapture... nice blood!

That's for a Malaysian or Sumatran Blood. I think the Borneo STP's are a bit higher in price.

[Rapture]

sounds fine what your doing, as adults you can afford to stretch it out to 10 days or so IMO.

Regarding teh size it varies but typically females will average around the 4ft or just over region, but they have been known to attain 6ft.

here is a link from VPI Borneo care

Thanks for your help!