Can baby ball pythons become obese? I ask because I think I oopsied on my Henna...
The past 2-3 feedings (I feed her every 5 days) I went a little over the 15% rule. By a little I mean 16-17% 17 being max. (Yes, I'm anal. I weighed all her rats and did the calculations. She's my first, so yea...anal)
The alternative I had available was feeding her 1 of the pups rather than 2, which would have only been around 8%...So I figured a little bigger was better than too small.
So, I noticed after last feeding...my girl resembles a sausage now. She looks to be about to start a shed cycle (belly went pink yesterday), and I picked up some larger weanlings, so I figured the next few feedings I would do the low end of her food spectrum. I was just concerned, I don't want to hurt her. I know the "obese" term is usually when you can see the skin between their scales, I can definitely see that. Should I bump her on to a 7 day schedule? Or do you think reducing the meal size for the 5 day rotation is good?