Overweight Corn Snake - rehab time

[dr del]

Hi,

Maybe you could put him in a hamster ball and tape an F/T mouse to the outside?

J/K


dr del

[joepythons]

Hi,

Maybe you could put him in a hamster ball and tape an F/T mouse to the outside?

J/K


dr del

Now that would be funny to watch

[Kryptonian]

that's a pretty big meal for a corn snake... perhaps that's why he's still overweight?

hes a prety big corn snake. He can inhale a jumbo mouse in less than 20 seconds. The weaned rat takes him about a minute.

[recycling goddess]

it's not about the speed of the eat... it's about how much they need to stay healthy. just cause my teenage son inhales his food... it doesn't mean he should eat more LOL

[joepythons]

it's not about the speed of the eat... it's about how much they need to stay healthy. just cause my teenage son inhales his food... it doesn't mean he should eat more LOL

The largest meal i fed my breeders was a rat fuzy and they were very healthy

[Kryptonian]

it's not about the speed of the eat... it's about how much they need to stay healthy. just cause my teenage son inhales his food... it doesn't mean he should eat more LOL

it can be if the prey is too small so it takes them no time to eat it. I go by the girth rule. My corn is as big around or just slightly bigger as the prey he is given. You can barely see it in his body once hes done. Some male corns do get big.

[recycling goddess]

My 8 year old male also got overweight and developed the fatty deposits near the tail. I have heard the deposits dont go away but I have heard from others they do. In my snakes case they have stayed but have not gotten bigger or any more. I have him on a weaned rat every 2 weeks, where he used to get that once a week.

it can be if the prey is too small so it takes them no time to eat it. I go by the girth rule. My corn is as big around or just slightly bigger as the prey he is given. You can barely see it in his body once hes done. Some male corns do get big.

When a snake is overweight you don't go by the girth as to prey size. That makes absolutely no sense.

It's very unhealthy for a snake to be overweight... so you aren't doing your snake any favours by continuing to overfeed.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Hi,

Maybe you could put him in a hamster ball and tape an F/T mouse to the outside?

J/K


dr del

That is FUNNY!

I am envisioning a rodent dangling from a stick... the stick attached to a harness on the snake...

[Kryptonian]

When a snake is overweight you don't go by the girth as to prey size. That makes absolutely no sense.

It's very unhealthy for a snake to be overweight... so you aren't doing your snake any favours by continuing to overfeed.

My snake is no longer overweight. His body is firm the fat deposits simply dont always go away. I have been giving him a weaned rat for the last 3 years only I gave it once a week, he now gets 1 every 2 weeks. And has for the last year. He is not being overfed. He is a very big mature male.
If you are such an expert on this subject then why did you start a thread asking for advise? Have you never seen a big corn? I have seen some bigger than mine and he is recieving the appropriate sized prey according to the vet he saw when I got his fat deposits looked at. I have cut his food intake in half. So dont jump to conclusions before knowing all the facts, and it isnt good to narc on people who try to help you with your need for advise, you may find that people wont want to answer your threads. I for one will not do so agian.

[Kryptonian]

After doing a quick bit of research the fatty lumps on a corn dont always go away. They are called lymphomas and now that I think back thats what my vey called them too. Just like in people once fat cells grow they dont disapeer unless you have them removed, like lyposuction. Some people are lucky and can shrink them but others dont. A heavier person can loose alot of weight anf become skinny yet still have areas with fat that can only be surgically removed, those are the lymphomas. Same applies to the snake. You could have him on a diet till he is skin and bones and he may still have the fatty lumps. A vet would have to remove them and thats more hard on the snake then to just leave them and reduce his food intake. My snake isnt planning on being a supermodel so for me to have them removed would only be for cosmetic purposes and I dont plan to put him through that.