Before everyone jumps on me and says "take her to the vet", let me see if I actually need to take her to the vet or not. Maybe this is normal or a quick fix.

After a shed my young female ball python seems to have turned a lighter color and she appears to be swollen. Like her scales are farther spaced apart. She also feels more stiff. When I hold her she likes to lay more stretched out and doesn't bend as easily. Very hard to explain, her body just feels different and not as flexible. She is acting 100% like she always has. Curious, hides in her hidey hole, eats well, same temperament. I have been feeding them twice a week. They are 24 inches long. Is she maybe getting fat or possibly is constipated? She looks 100% perfect with everything except this. No bubbles, no breathing issues, no bulges, nothing. Just kinda fat looking and not as bendy. She has been like this for a few weeks now. Yesterday her sister was feeling a little bit like that too after a shed. Am I just over feeding her and she's fat?

The ambient heat is 82, warm end is around 94. Humidity is around 65%. They are handled once or twice a week.


This first photo shows her.





Second photo shows her on the left and her brother (which doesn't show these symptoms) on the right.





Third photo shows her brother on the left and her on the right.