Looking at the picture, while that's definitely small for a 2 year old, it also doesn't look too thin. Were they really only feeding it one fuzzy a week? I would even go as far as to say it should be on large adult mice, almost large enough for weanling rats, rather than just small adult mice.Originally Posted by mackynz
I got a 2 y.o. BP yesterday. The guy I got it from said he had been feeding her one fuzzy a week. I measured her/him with a shoelace and the circumference came out to 4 in. When I picked up some frozen mice the employee confirmed my suspicion that she/he should be on small adults. I fed her/him tonight and the mouse was gone in about 2.5 seconds.
Will the underfeeding affect her? I will attempt to post a pic.
Are you 100% sure it's a 2 year old? And it was fuzzy mice? Just seems strange, a snake that's the size and shape of the one in your hand looks like a decent 4 - 6 month old at average weight, not an underfed 2 year old. The back half of the tail on your hand doesn't look emaciated at all, and that's often where the snake looks the skinniest first. A ball python that's only been eating fuzzies for two years would look almost skeletal.
-Jen
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