Quote Originally Posted by xFenrir View Post
When I first saw the pics, my first thought was that it looked like she had been filled up with water! I had heard that boas tend to get obese pretty easily, so that was my first thought. I wonder if she's retaining water or something? something about the way her skin "fits" just looks wrong. I too am curious as to what the vet says.
I know! That's what I thought too. Her skin seems to be wrinkled on but not the way it would be wrinkled in a bad shed. I dunno, it's just... different...

Boas have more difficulty digesting fat. Check out this article from Basically Boas. This seems to be similar to what I'm seeing here. The article talks about genetically "fat rats" which seem to occur in jumbos in particular, but this can happen even without the jumbos if a baby boa is still getting too much fat in its diet from rat pinks. I like to have my boas on mice for their first year - the higher bone and lower fat content is more beneficial to their growth, in my opinion. So I wonder if that's what's going on with this girl....