It's funny you brought this up.
My darling little pied male, who has always been a picky eater and a diminutive snake, switched over to rats as soon as he started breeding for me. He bulked up fast, and now he's just so awkward. He doesn't seem to know what to do with himself.
He's always been a shy little darling, who balls up so prettily when I pick him up, but now he's gotten so big he doesn't ball as tight, and he can't figure out why. It's pitiful to watch him try and squeeze his new big body into the tight little ball he used to make, and it just doesn't happen.
He has always loved to hang out around my shoulders, and he'd stretch himself way out to investigate things. Last week he tried that, overbalanced his new heavier self and started to fall. Luckily mommy was paying close attention and caught him, but he was so embarrassed by his clumsiness, he balled up as tight as he could {which isn't very} and refused to come out and see me again.
He's taken to flipping his hide over a lot, something he never had a problem with before. He's always loved to lay across the top of his plastic dollar store hide and watch me. Now he's so heavy if he tries, the hide flips over and he's left looking so pitiful and confused.
Gale
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